Debris from commercial low-Earth-orbit satellite operations: should regulators care?

Pamela L. Meredith

doi:10.1117/12.293342

1 October 1997 Debris from commercial low-Earth-orbit satellite operations: should regulators care?

Pamela L. Meredith

Proceedings Volume 3116, Small Spacecraft, Space Environments, and Instrumentation Technologies; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293342
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Although the current hazard to most space activities from debris is low, growth in the amount of debris threatens to make some valuable orbital regions increasingly inhospitable to space operations over the next few decades.

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Pamela L. Meredith "Debris from commercial low-Earth-orbit satellite operations: should regulators care?", Proc. SPIE 3116, Small Spacecraft, Space Environments, and Instrumentation Technologies, (1 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.293342

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