Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment

by National Research Council, Committee on Space Debris, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, et al.

Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309051258
• ISBN13: 9780309051255
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 13.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"