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Title: Estimates of current debris from flux models

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/459868· OSTI ID:459868

Flux models that balance accuracy and simplicity are used to predict the growth of space debris to the present. Known and projected launch rates, decay models, and numerical integrations are used to predict distributions that closely resemble the current catalog-particularly in the regions containing most of the debris.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
459868
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-385; ON: DE97004740; TRN: 97:002423
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English