Effect of the orbital debris environment on the high-energy Van Allen proton belt

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Dec 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988sci...242.1283k&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 242, Dec. 2, 1988, p. 1283-1286.

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Aerospace Environments, Earth Orbits, High Energy Interactions, Proton Belts, Radiation Belts, Space Debris, Energetic Particles, Particle Collisions, Particle Interactions, Particle Trajectories

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The lifetimes of high-energy (greater than 55 MeV) protons in the Van Allen radiation belt are calculated, assuming that in time the protons will collide with and be absorbed by particulate orbiting material. The calculations are based on the NASA/DoD Civil Needs Database for orbital debris (Gaines, 1966) and moderate assumptions of future space traffic. It is found that the lifetimes of high-energy protons below 1500 km will decrease, leading to a noticeable redution in their fluxes.

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