Impacts of nuclear power sources on space debris

Journal Article · Fri Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51948· OSTI ID:21165707

Grinberg, Eduard I; Doschatov, Vitali V; Nikolaev, Vadim S; Sokolov, Nikolai A; Nazarenko, Andrei I; Usov, Veniamin A ^[1]

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1. 'Red Star' State Enterprise Moscow 115230 (Russian Federation)

The paper presents some results of efforts dealing with computational analyses of probability of impact of nuclear power sources (NPS) on space debris (SD), destruction of the NPS structure on the impacts, change in orbital parameters as a result of the NPS impact and reentry.

• OSTI ID: 21165707
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 387, Issue 1; Conference: STAIF-97: Space technology and applications international forum, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 26-30 Jan 1997; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.51948; (c) 1997 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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