Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Environments for the International Space Station

Abstract

Baseline micrometeoroid and orbital debris fluence estimates for spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) are provided. For these calculations, an orbit similar to that of the International Space Station (ISS) is used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 2007
Accession Number
ADA477576

Entities

People

  • D. C. Marin
  • David K. Lynch
  • Glenn E. Peterson
  • J. A. Hackwell
  • Michael Zambran
  • T. E. Gallini

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Debris
  • Earth Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Orbits
  • Particle Flux
  • Particles
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Space Debris
  • Space Objects
  • Space Sciences
  • Space Stations
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris