For many years, the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office has been collecting measurements of the orbital debris environment from the Haystack Ultra-wideband Satellite Imaging Radar (HUSIR) and its auxiliary (HAX). These measurements sample the small debris population in low earth orbit (LEO). This paper will provide an overview of recent observations and highlight trends in selected debris populations. Using the NASA size estimation model, objects with a characteristic size of 1 cm and larger observed from HUSIR will be presented. Also, objects with a characteristic size of 2 cm and larger observed from HAX will be presented.
Radar Measurements of Small Debris from HUSIR and HAX
2017
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Radar Measurements of Small Debris from HUSIR and HAX
NTRS | 2017
|Radar Measurements of Small Debris from HUSIR and HAX
NTRS | 2017
|Radar measurements of debris size
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