Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION
- SECTION II DEFINING THE PROBLEM
- 2 The Earth Satellite Population: Official Growth and Constituents
- 3 The Current and Future Environment: An Overall Assessment
- 4 The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Europe
- 5 Human Survivability Issues in the Low Earth Orbit Space Debris Environment
- 6 Protecting the Space Environment for Astronomy
- 7 Effects of Space Debris on Commercial Spacecraft – The RADARSAT Example
- 8 Potential Effects of the Space Debris Environment on Military Space Systems
- SECTION III MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES
- SECTION IV ECONOMIC ISSUES
- SECTION V LEGAL ISSUES
- SECTION VI A MULTILATERAL TREATY
- SECTION VII PANEL DISCUSSIONS
7 - Effects of Space Debris on Commercial Spacecraft – The RADARSAT Example
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION
- SECTION II DEFINING THE PROBLEM
- 2 The Earth Satellite Population: Official Growth and Constituents
- 3 The Current and Future Environment: An Overall Assessment
- 4 The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Europe
- 5 Human Survivability Issues in the Low Earth Orbit Space Debris Environment
- 6 Protecting the Space Environment for Astronomy
- 7 Effects of Space Debris on Commercial Spacecraft – The RADARSAT Example
- 8 Potential Effects of the Space Debris Environment on Military Space Systems
- SECTION III MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES
- SECTION IV ECONOMIC ISSUES
- SECTION V LEGAL ISSUES
- SECTION VI A MULTILATERAL TREATY
- SECTION VII PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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- Preservation of Near-Earth Space for Future Generations , pp. 77 - 83Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994