A study of debris impact collision probabilities to space tethers
Gittins, G.L., Swinerd, G.G., Lewis, H.G. and Williams, D.N. (2004) A study of debris impact collision probabilities to space tethers. Advances in Space Research, 34, (5), 1080-1084. (doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.013).
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Description/Abstract
The Tether Risk Assessment Program is a new model currently under development at the University of Southampton. It is designed to study the short-term interaction between space tethers and a debris cloud produced by an on-orbit fragmentation event. An impact risk analysis is performed over a 15-days period after a breakup event has occurred using two examples. The first example looks at a single stranded tether similar to that of the Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment. The second example is similar to that of the first but with a double stranded tether. The risk analysis for the chosen examples is presented, along with the current status of the program.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | presented at: World Space Congress, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2002 |
| ISSNs: | 0273-1177 (print) |
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| Keywords: | space debris, debris impact, collision probabilities, space tethers |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Item ID: | 22703 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2013 11:21 |
| Contributors: | Gittins, G.L. (Author) Swinerd, G.G. (Author) Lewis, H.G. (Author) Williams, D.N. (Author) |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Additional Information: | presented at: World Space Congress, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | glg@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/22703 |
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