The use of planetary radar to monitor small particles of orbital debris is reported. The radar can detect objects as small as 1.8 mm in diameter at an altitude of 600 km. The results of the first set of observations shows a flux at 600 km of 6.4 objects per square km per day of 1.8 mm in size or larger. Forty of the observed particles appear to be concentrated in one or two orbits. An orbital ring with the same inclination as the radar (35.1 deg) and possibly another orbital band with a much higher inclination of 66 deg are identified as being richest in space debris.


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    Titel :

    Observations of Space Debris at Goldstone (California)


    Beteiligte:
    R. M. Goldstein (Autor:in) / L. W. Randolph (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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