Comparison of meteoroid and space debris fluxes to spacecraft in Earth orbit

Details Comparison of meteoroid and space debris fluxes to spacecraft in Earth orbit Comparison of meteoroid and space debris fluxes to spacecraft in Earth orbit

Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.495..543e&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2001 Conference, 6 - 10 August 2001, Kiruna, Sweden. Ed.: Barbara Warmbein. ESA SP-495, Noordw

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Meteoroids, Spacecraft, Space Debris

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Spacecraft in Earth orbit will be impacted by natural meteoroids and man made space debris particles. The relative ratio depends mainly on the particle size, the spacecraft orbit and attitude. Predicted numbers of impacts from different flux models are presented for particle sizes ranging from microns to cm. For low Earth orbits, meteoroid fluxes dominate for sizes between some 10 microns and about 1 mm while space debris is more abundant for smaller and larger sizes. The most recent flux models show generally a good agreement. The model differences for a given population indicate the present level of uncertainty.

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