The long-term evolution of the space debris environment

Details The long-term evolution of the space debris environment The long-term evolution of the space debris environment

Oct 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.473..333a&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Space Debris, 19 - 21 March 2001, Darmstadt, Germany. Ed.: Huguette Sawaya-L

Physics

Space Debris, Evolution

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A review of the problem of the long-term uncontrolled growth of man-made objects in earth orbit is presented. After a discussion of the main underlying concepts, the relative effectiveness of the adoption of some mitigation measures over 100 - 200 years is analysed, including the minimisation of mission related objects release, the on-orbit explosion avoidance and the de-orbiting of spacecraft and upper stages in low earth orbit. It is shown that only the implementation of the full set of mitigation measures discussed would be able to guarantee the long-term approximate stabilisation of the population of large objects, maintaining at acceptable levels the growth of millimetre and centimetre sized debris.

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