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Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999adspr..23...89m&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 23, Issue 1, p. 89-94.
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Every time a debris or a meteoroid hits a part of a satellite in orbit, a great amount of secondary particles is ejected in the neighborhood of the impact site. This phenomenon is important for brittle materials, such as used for solar generators. The secondary particles that do not impact other parts of the spacecraft are added to the primary debris population and increase the small debris flux. We present an ejecta production model that gives the size and the velocity distribution of ejected particles as a function of primary impact parameters. We derive the parameters of all ejecta created during one orbital revolution of a satellite. An orbital evolution program is used to extrapolate the secondary debris position at later times. Preliminary results show that spall fragments ejected at low velocities remain in the vicinity of the parent satellite. The ejecta trajectories are similar and their inclination is very close to those of the parent satellite. Their orbital evolution depends mainly on the size of the debris and on the altitude of the parent body: the smallest particles in low earth orbit quickly reenter the earth atmosphere, while the largest spalls have a very slow decay. The antagonistic action of debris production and debris decay by drag leads to an equilibrium for particles within a given size range. Quantitative results on densities and fluxes compared to the primary debris population are presented for the peculiar case of heliosynchronous orbits.
Alby Fernand
Mandeville Jean Claude
Rival M.
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