Many satellite breakups occur as a result of an explosion of stored energy on-board spacecraft or rocket-bodies. These breakups generate a cloud of tens or possibly hundreds of thousands of debris fragments which may pose a transient elevated threat to spaceflight crews and vehicles. Satellite breakups pose a unique threat because the majority of the debris fragments are too small to be tracked from the ground. The United States Human Spaceflight Program is currently implementing a risk mitigation strategy that includes modeling breakup events, establishing action thresholds, and prescribing corresponding mitigation actions in response to satellite breakups.


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    Title :

    Satellite Breakup Risk Mitigation


    Contributors:
    D. P. Leleux (author) / J. T. Smith (author)

    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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