2000 Earth Orbital Debris - NASA Research on Satellite and Spacecraft Effects

by World Spaceflight News

This definitive electronic book on CD-ROM presents the most complete collection of documents available anywhere on the important topic of earth orbital debris and its risk to satellites and spacecraft. These NASA documents, many made available here for the first time, provide invaluable reference and research material. Much of the material here was assembled by the Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center. Additional documents have been incorporated by WSN in this CD. There are impressive computer animations depicting a flythrough of orbital objects. NASA/JSC is the lead NASA center for orbital debris research and is recognized world-wide for its leadership in addressing orbital debris issues. The orbital debris research team has taken the international lead in conducting measurements of the environment and in developing the technical consensus for adopting mitigation measures to protect users of the orbital environment. Work at the center continues with developing an improved understanding of the orbital debris environment and measures that can be taken to control its growth. The documents are organized into eight * SECTION A - Orbital Debris Research at JSC Orbital Debris Graphics and Animation Interagency Report on Orbital Debris Orbital A Chronology * SECTION B - Modeling NASA Evaluation Model Long-Term Orbital Debris Environment Modeling Using EVOLVE 4.0 NASA Breakup Model Distribution Functions Orbital Debris Engineering Model NASA Technical Memorandum 104825 ORDEM96 Executable Program * SECTION C - Protection Impacts on Spacecraft Hypervelocity Impact Technology Facility EXAMPLE SIMULATIONS using the hypervelocity impact code EXOS * SECTION D - Measurement Radar Measurements Radar Measurements of the Orbital Debris Haystack and HAX Radars, October 1990-1998 Ionization Radar ODERACS Optical Measurements Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations of the Orbital Debris October 1997-Janurary 1999 MSX Update to History of On-Orbit Satellite Fragmentations History of On-Orbit Satellite Fragmentations * SECTION E - Mitigation NASA Safety Standard 1740.14 Debris Assessments Software and User's Manual * SECTION F - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Orbital Debris Orbital A Technical Assessment Interagency Report on Orbital Debris NASA Policy Directive 8710.3 * SECTION G - Orbital Debris Quarterly Newsletters (JSC) * SECTION H - Marshall Space Flight Center Reports / Documents Project Orbital Debris Removal Using Ground-based Sensors and Lasers (TM 108522) Meteoroids and Orbital Effects on Spacecraft (RP-1408) Characterizing Secondary Debris Impact Ejecta (CR-1999-209561) The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows 95/98, Windows 3.1, NT, and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD.

862 pages, CD-ROM

Published October 5, 2000