Orbital Debris: Proceedings of a Workshop Sponsored by NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center and Held in Houston, Texas, July 27-29, 1982National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1985 - Space debris - 443 pages |
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... optical , or active optical ( lidar ) could detect and determine orbits and size of particles as small as 1mm . A study by Tom Morgan of Southwestern University concluded that 1cm particles at 1000km could be detected from the ground ...
... optical , or active optical ( lidar ) could detect and determine orbits and size of particles as small as 1mm . A study by Tom Morgan of Southwestern University concluded that 1cm particles at 1000km could be detected from the ground ...
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... optical sensor in GEO could provide important new information about this valuable region of space . Conceivably , an existing sensor in GEO could provide this data ; if not , a light weight sensor could be constructed to fly piggy ...
... optical sensor in GEO could provide important new information about this valuable region of space . Conceivably , an existing sensor in GEO could provide this data ; if not , a light weight sensor could be constructed to fly piggy ...
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... optical tracking is required . The optical technique currently uses a Baker - Nunn camera , which can detect a 1 meter object in geosynchronous orbit . Within a few years , an electro - optical system will be operational and will ...
... optical tracking is required . The optical technique currently uses a Baker - Nunn camera , which can detect a 1 meter object in geosynchronous orbit . Within a few years , an electro - optical system will be operational and will ...
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... optical and radar techniques , recent studies have demonstrated a preference for a radar technique . Smaller debris particles , as those which may originate from solid rocket exhaust , can be measured by impact sensors . Since the late ...
... optical and radar techniques , recent studies have demonstrated a preference for a radar technique . Smaller debris particles , as those which may originate from solid rocket exhaust , can be measured by impact sensors . Since the late ...
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... optical tracking data in low earth orbit . However , should this prove impractical , tests will be planned using their radar systems . Fragmentation ground tests will consist of chemical explosions and hypervelocity impact tests . A 2nd ...
... optical tracking data in low earth orbit . However , should this prove impractical , tests will be planned using their radar systems . Fragmentation ground tests will consist of chemical explosions and hypervelocity impact tests . A 2nd ...
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AIAA Air Force altitude aluminum oxide analysis Apollo ASSESSMENT Bess breakups bumper capability catalog COLLISION CROSS-SECTION collision hazard COSMIC DUST COSMOS Cour-Palais damage data base debris environment debris population density detection detector developed diameter distribution equations Explorer 46 explosion fragments flux function future geostationary orbit GEOSTATIONARY RING geosynchronous orbit hypervelocity impact impact craters inclination increase Intelsat Johnson Space Center JSC COSMIC DUST Kessler km/sec Laboratory larger launch lidar low earth orbit lunar man-made mass measurements meteoroid mission Module NASA NASA/JSC NORAD number of objects observed operational optical orbital debris orbiting objects parameters particles payloads penetration perigee probability problem projectile protection radar radiator range reentry retrieval Sample satellite sensor shield shown in Figure Shuttle Skylab solid rocket motor space debris space objects space systems spacecraft structure surface target techniques tests thickness tracked USSR vehicle velocity