Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION
- SECTION II DEFINING THE PROBLEM
- SECTION III MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES
- 9 Precluding Post-Launch Fragmentation of Delta Stages
- 10 U.S. International and Interagency Cooperation in Orbital Debris
- 11 ESA Concepts for Space Debris Mitigation and Risk Reduction
- 12 Space Debris: How France Handles Mitigation and Adaptation
- 13 Facing Seriously the Issue of Protection of the Outer Space Environment
- 14 Space Debris – Mitigation and Adaptation
- 15 Near Earth Space Contamination and Counteractions
- 16 The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Japan
- 17 Orbital debris Minimization and Mitigation Techniques
- SECTION IV ECONOMIC ISSUES
- SECTION V LEGAL ISSUES
- SECTION VI A MULTILATERAL TREATY
- SECTION VII PANEL DISCUSSIONS
14 - Space Debris – Mitigation and Adaptation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- SECTION I INTRODUCTION
- SECTION II DEFINING THE PROBLEM
- SECTION III MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES
- 9 Precluding Post-Launch Fragmentation of Delta Stages
- 10 U.S. International and Interagency Cooperation in Orbital Debris
- 11 ESA Concepts for Space Debris Mitigation and Risk Reduction
- 12 Space Debris: How France Handles Mitigation and Adaptation
- 13 Facing Seriously the Issue of Protection of the Outer Space Environment
- 14 Space Debris – Mitigation and Adaptation
- 15 Near Earth Space Contamination and Counteractions
- 16 The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Japan
- 17 Orbital debris Minimization and Mitigation Techniques
- SECTION IV ECONOMIC ISSUES
- SECTION V LEGAL ISSUES
- SECTION VI A MULTILATERAL TREATY
- SECTION VII PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Summary
INTRODUCTION
The growing man-made debris deposition in space, because of its cumulative effect, has become a major concern of potentially harmful space environmental pollution. In particular rapidly increasing probability of space debris colliding and damaging functional spacecrafts, the distinct possibility of reentry of large space debris into habitated areas and the debris causing interference with radio observations have become a real threat to future space activities. It is clear that all space faring nations, in their own interest, have to focus their attention on evolving adequate preventive measures to minimise the space debris hazard and also agree upon appropriate national/international codes for ensuring the safety of future space activities. We have carried out extensive modelling studies, to model debris generation and distribution caused by break up of space bodies which are briefly summarised in this paper. This paper also addresses the possible ways of preventing further deposition of space debris due to fragmentation and discusses the policy which India proposes to follow, in the coming future, towards achievement of this objective.
MODELLING OF SPACE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT
The population distribution of large space debris objects, of larger than 4 cm at 400 km altitude, 10 cm at 1000 km and one meter at geostationary altitude of about 7000 trackable objects using radar and optical means, has been reported.
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- Preservation of Near-Earth Space for Future Generations , pp. 121 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994