Space is more and more prone to accidents involving obsolete orbital objects. Examples are: July 1996: Cerise satellite lost due to a collision with a former Ariane tank fragment February 2009: Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 destroyed by collision, creating 1100 new catalogued debris objects.


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    Title :

    Space debris removal by ground based laser Main conclusions of the European project CLEANSPACE


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Space Safety is No Accident ; Chapter : 2 ; 13-22


    Publication date :

    2015-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English







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