Orbital debris : a technical assessment / / Committee on Space Debris, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.4/16
• Soggetto topico: Space debris
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ORBITAL DEBRIS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CHARACTERISING THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT -- HAZARD TO SPACE OPERATIONS FROM DEBRIS -- DESIGNING FOR THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT -- REDUCING THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND REFERENCES -- 1 Space Operations and theSpace Environment -- SPACE OPERATIONS -- TYPES OF ORBITAL DEBRIS -- Nonfunctionally Spacecraft -- Rocket Bodies -- Mission-Related Debris -- Fragmentation Debris -- PERTURBATION FORCES AFFECTING SPACE OBJECTS -- FINDING -- REFERENCES -- 2 Methods for Characterization -- TRACKING AND CATALOGING ORBITAL DEBRIS -- Current Capabilities -- Improving Tracking and Cataloging Capabilities -- SAMPLING ORBITAL DEBRIS -- Remote Sampling from Earth -- Optical Sensors -- Radar Sampling -- Remote Sampling from Orbit -- Impact Sampling -- Passive Measurements -- Active Measurements -- Extending the Range of In Situ Detectors -- STRATEGIES TO MEASURE THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT -- MODELING ORBITAL DEBRIS -- Population Characterization Models -- Models of the Future Debris Population -- Traffic Modeling -- Breakup Models -- Propagation Models -- FINDINGS -- REFRENCES -- 3 Debris Population Distribution -- LARGE DEBRIS -- MEDIUM-SIZED DERBIS -- SMALL DEBRIS -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Hazards to Space Operations from Debris -- CHANCE OF DEBRIS IMPACT -- Low Earth Orbit -- High Earth Orbits -- EFFECTS OF DEBRIS IMPACT -- Impact Conditions -- Breakups Due to Debris Impact -- Structural and Component Damage Caused by the Impact of Debris -- Surface Degradation Caused by the Impact of Debris -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Tools for Damage Assessment and Prediction -- GROUND-BASED HYPERVELOCITY TESTING -- Hypervelocity Test Capabilities -- Sharing Hypervelocity Impact Information -- ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF DEBRIS IMPACTS. ; LIMITATIONS IN DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION CAPABILITIES -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Designing for the Debris Environment -- DETERMINING THE HAZARD FROM DEBRIS -- DAMAGE PROTECTION TECHNIQUES -- Passive Protection -- Active Protection -- Operational Protection -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Techniques to Reduce the Future Debris Hazard -- MINIMIZING THE REALEASE OF MISSION-RELATED OBJECTS -- SAFEGUARDING THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF ROCKET BODIES AND SPACECRAFT -- Reducing the Creation of Debris from Explosions -- Passivation of Spacecraft -- Passivation of Rocket Bodies -- Reducing the Creation of Debris from Degradation -- REDUCING THE CREATION OF DEBRIS FROM COLLISIONS -- Deorbiting/Lifetime Reduction -- Disposal Orbits -- Active In-Orbit Debris Removal -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 8 The Future Orbital Population and the Effectiveness Of Debris ReductionMeasures -- THE FUTURE ORBITAL POPULATION -- Uncertainties in the Models -- Predictions of the Future Orbital Environment -- EFFECTIVENESS OF DEBRIS REDUCTION MEASURES -- FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Recommendations -- IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT -- IMPROVING SPACECRAFT PROTECTION AGAINST DEBRIS -- REDUCING THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD -- APPENDIXES -- A Space Law and Orbital Debris -- United Nations (UN) Treaties -- Activities That May Influence Future Orbital Debris Regulations -- International Law Association (ILA) -- Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) -- International Astronautical Academy (IAA) -- National and Regional Policies on Orbital Debris -- BACKGROUND REFERENCES -- B Workshop on Space Debris -- Invited Participants -- Observers and Liaisons -- List of Acronyms -- Unit Conversions -- Glossary -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods we can use to characterize orbital debris, estimates the magnitude of the debris population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft. Potential methods to protect spacecraft are explored. The report also takes a close look at the projected future growth in the debris population and evaluates approaches to reducing that growth. Orbital Debris offers clear recommendations for targeted research on the debris population, for methods to improve the protection of spacecraft, on methods to reduce the creation of debris in the future, and much more.
• Titolo autorizzato: Orbital debris
• ISBN: 9786610211050; 9780309176804; 0309176808; 9781280211058; 1280211059; 9780309587167; 0309587166; 9780585025179; 0585025177
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960994103321
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