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Mass distribution of orbiting man-made space debris
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bess, T. D. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | Three ways of producing space debris were considered, and data were analyzed to determine mass distributions for man-made space debris. Hypervelocity (3.0 to 4.5 km/sec) projectile impact with a spacecraft wall, high intensity explosions and low intensity explosions were studied. For hypervelocity projectile impact of a spacecraft wall, the number of fragments fits a power law. The number of fragments for both high intensity and low intensity explosions fits an exponential law. However, the number of fragments produced by low intensity explosions is much lower than the number of fragments produced by high intensity explosions. Fragment masses down to 10 to the -7 power gram were produced from hypervelocity impact, but the smallest fragment mass resulting from an explosion appeared to be about 10 mg. Velocities of fragments resulting from hypervelocity impact were about 10 m/sec, and those from low intensity explosions were about 100 m/sec. Velocities of fragments from high intensity explosions were about 3 km/sec. |
| File Size | 1200091 |
| Page Count | 33 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760007896 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9h46hd81 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Artificial Satellites Space Debris Mass Distribution Explosions Spacecraft Structures Hypervelocity Impact Fragmentation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
