Future collisional evolution of Earth-orbiting debris

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Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993adspr..13..215c&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 13, Issue 8, p. 215-219.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Earth-orbiting objects can undergo high-velocity mutual collisions which affect their size distribution by generating swarms of fragments, playing the role of potential new projectiles. We are developing a model which simulates this collisional evolution process by integrating a set of 150 coupled, nonlinear, first-order differential equations which include various source and sink terms. Some preliminary results are illustrated, showing that on the long term the impact process can cause a catastrophic decrease of the spacecraft population, in particular in the shell between 700 and 1000 km altitudes.

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