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Spatial density evolution of space debris environment

  • Canan Li*
  • , Baojun Pang
  • , Li Ding
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

It is known that the space debris provide great risks to the safety of on-orbit space vehicles, which makes it necessary to establish a model to evaluate their impact risks. In order to provide the scenario of the future space debris environment for space vehicle designers, this paper addresses a simplified mathematical model for the future evolution of space debris environment. While the spatial density is of more concern to engineers, this paper is devoted to study the evolution of the distribution of spatial density of space debris. Given the initial spatial density, this paper develops the algorithm to obtained the spatial density of space debris at any moment of future, by considering the orbital propagation and collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th European Conference on Space Debris
StatePublished - 2009
Event5th European Conference on Space Debris - Darmstadt, Germany
Duration: 30 Mar 20092 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Volume672 SP
ISSN (Print)0379-6566

Conference

Conference5th European Conference on Space Debris
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDarmstadt
Period30/03/092/04/09

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