space debris

Space debris are defunct human-made objects in space – principally in Earth orbit – which no longer serve a useful function. These include derelict spacecraft, mission-related debris, and particularly numerous in-Earth orbit, fragmentation debris from the breakup of derelict rocket bodies and spacecraft. In addition to derelict human-made objects left in orbit, space debris includes fragments from disintegration, erosion, or collisions; solidified liquids expelled from spacecraft; unburned particles from solid rocket motors; and even paint flecks. Space debris represents a risk to spacecraft.

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Hypervelocity Impact Demonstration

Spacedebris upd 2011

a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have come from my descent stage, the rocket-powered jet pack that set Perseverance down on landing day back in 2021

Debris-GEO1280 p

SMM panel hole

Debris-LEO1280

Debris impacts in HST parts

Debris-slag

XSS-11 Minotaur-Stage 2

Debris impacts on a LDEF panel

• Meteoroid and space debris impacts in grazing-incidence telescopes^@ scientific article
• Space debris removal by ground-based lasers: main conclusions of the European project CLEANSPACE^@ scientific article published on November 1, 2014
• Optical detection of space debris using a large achromatic coronograph -  (Q1860)
• Modeling and Simulation on Active Space Debris Orbit Maneuver Based on Laser Ablation Impulse Coupling - scientific article published in January 2013 (Q7850)
• Space debris cataloguing capabilities of some proposed architectures for the future European Space Situational Awareness System - scientific article published in January 2010 (Q1860)
• A new method for space-based detecting small-scale space debris with high-resolution using transient electromagnetism - article published in 2018 (Q7850)
• Image processing improvement for optical observations of space debris with the TAROT telescopes -
• The Fall's Gonna Kill You - episode of The West Wing (S2 E20)
• The predicted growth of the low-Earth orbit space debris environment — an assessment of future risk for spacecraft -  (Q1860)
• Orbit Lifetime Research of GTO Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2008 (Q7850)
• Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) Shield Ballistic Limit Analysis Program - book published in 2010 (English)
• Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre - scientific article published on 10 July 2018
• A Method of Detecting Space Debris with FM Radio Signals - scientific article published in January 2018 (Q7850)
• Joint 3D localization and classification of space debris using a multispectral rotating point spread function - scientific article published on 01 November 2019 (Q1860)
• Performance Analysis of Space Debris Detection Based on Tianlai Radio Telescope Array - scientific article published in January 2018 (Q7850)
• A new type of aerospace engine to remove space debris - scientific article published in January 2017 (Q7850)
• A sodium laser guide star facility for the ANU/EOS space debris tracking adaptive optics demonstrator - scientific article published on 21 July 2014
• The observing campaign on the deep-space debris WT1190F as a test case for short-warning NEO impacts - scholarly article (Q1860)
• Frontier technology and system development of space debris surveillance and active removal - scientific article published in January 2018 (Q7850)
• On the detection and tracking of space debris using the Murchison Widefield Array. I. Simulations and test observations demonstrate feasibility - scientific article published in Astronomical Journal (Q1860)
• Adaptive optics for laser space debris removal - scientific article published on 25 September 2012
• Modelling the evolution of the space debris population - article (Q1860)
• Space debris detection in optical image sequences - scientific article published in October 2016 (Q1860)
• The Platform Design of Space-based Optical Observations of Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2016 (Q7850)
• Simulation of small space debris impact inducing discharge using laser-induced plasma method - scientific article published in January 2014 (Q7850)
• Influence of space debris impact on solar array under power generation -  (Q1860)
• The flux of meteoroids and orbital space debris striking satellites in low Earth orbit - scientific article published in Nature (Q1860)
• Adaptive optics for space debris tracking - scientific article published on 21 July 2014
• Methods for Space Debris Environment Long-Term Evolution Modeling - scientific article published in January 2018 (Q7850)
• Space debris mitigation in geosynchronous orbit -  (Q1860)
• Research and Development of Electrodynamic Tethers for Space Debris Mitigation - article (Q1860)
• SPACE DEBRIS AND SPACE ENVIRONMENT - article published in 2002 (Q7850)
• Active space debris charging for contactless electrostatic disposal maneuvers -  (Q1860)
• Modeling and Simulation on Ground-based Lasers Cleaning Space Debris - article published in 2012 (Q7850)
• Daylight space debris laser ranging - scientific article published on 04 August 2020 (Q1860)
• The chemistry and origin of micrometeoroid and space debris impacts on spacecraft surfaces - scientific article published in 2002
• Mobile telescope with large FOV for searching and tracking low-orbit micro-satellites and space debris - scientific article published in January 2011 (Q7850)
• The Self-Healing Capability of Carbon Fibre Composite Structures Subjected to Hypervelocity Impacts Simulating Orbital Space Debris -
• Evasive Maneuvers in Space Debris Environment and Technological Parameters -
• Attitude and Spin Period of Space Debris Envisat Measured by Satellite Laser Ranging -
• A robotic telescope network for space debris identification and tracking -  (Q1860)
• A 100 Hz 3.31 J all-solid-state high beam quality Nd:YAG laser for space debris detecting - scientific article published in January 2017 (Q7850)
• Contact dynamic models of space debris capturing using a net - scholarly article (Q1860)
• Space-based Camera Tracking of Space Debris for Orbit Determination with Batch Process - article published in 2010 (Q7850)
• Improving the precision of astrometry for space debris - scientific article published in January 2014 (Q1860)
• A Method of Detecting Space Debris Based on Prior Information - scientific article published in January 2013 (Q7850)
• Multiphysics elastodynamic finite element analysis of space debris deorbit stability and efficiency by electrodynamic tethers - article published in 2017 (Q1860)
• Evaluation method of surface damage on solar cells by small space debris impact - scientific article published in January 2010 (Q7850)
• Incremental inverse kinematics based vision servo for autonomous robotic capture of non-cooperative space debris -  (Q1860)
• Orbital space debris ‘poses main threat to shuttle crew’ - scientific article published in Nature (Q1860)
• A Research on Collision Probability Calculation of Space Debris for Nonlinear Relative Motion - scientific article published in January 2011 (Q7850)
• A new algorithm for optical observations of space debris with the TAROT telescopes -  (Q1860)
• Review of uncertainty sources affecting the long-term predictions of space debris evolutionary models - article (Q1860)
• Analysis and Design of Spaceborne MMW Radar for Space Debris Observation System - article published in 2010 (Q7850)
• A Rapid Algorithm of Space Debris Collision Probability Based on Space Compression and Infinite Series - article published in 2009 (Q7850)
• Compliance of the Italian satellites in low Earth orbit with the end-of-life disposal guidelines for Space Debris Mitigation and ranking of their long-term criticality for the environment - article (Q1860)
• A novel algorithm and hardware architecture for fast video-based shape reconstruction of space debris -
• Experimental verification of high energy laser-generated impulse for remote laser control of space debris - scientific article published on 31 May 2018 (Q1860)
• Updated results on the long-term evolution of the space debris environment -  (Q1860)
• Planet Earth, Space Debris -
• Detection of small space debris impact induced flash and its application - scientific article published in January 2014 (Q7850)
• Long term evolution of the space debris population -  (Q1860)
• High power lasers for space debris elimination - article published in 2013 (Q1860)
• ReDSHIFT: A Global Approach to Space Debris Mitigation -
• Active space debris removal by a hybrid propulsion module - article (Q1860)
• Attitude Dynamics Simulation of MLI Space Debris Objects in Geosynchronous Earth Orbits - article
• The space debris around the earth - scientific article published on 01 January 2000
• Initial orbit determination algorithms for cataloguing optical measurements of space debris - scientific article published in January 2008 (Q1860)
• The Legal Framework for Space Debris Remediation as a Tool for Sustainability in Outer Space -
• Assessing the impact of space debris on orbital resource in life cycle assessment: A proposed method and case study - scientific article published on 28 February 2019
• Radio frequency source of a weakly expanding wedge-shaped xenon ion beam for contactless removal of large-sized space debris objects. - scientific article published in August 2017
• Review of Optical Observations of High Apogee Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2008 (Q7850)
• A Method for Correcting Telescope Pointing Error in Optical Space Debris Surveys - scientific article published in January 2015 (Q7850)
• Distributed Space Debris Tracking with Consensus Labeled Random Finite Set Filtering - scholarly article by Baishen Wei & Brett Nener published 7 September 2018 in Sensors (Q1860)
• An Introduction to a New Space Debris Evolution Model: SOLEM -
• Progress in Hypervelocity Impact Test Techniques for Micron-sized Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2008 (Q7850)
• Study on plasma characteristics from hypervelocity impacts by small space debris - article published in 2014 (Q7850)
• Simulation Analysis of Removal of Elliptic Orbit Space Debris Using Ground-based Laser - scientific article published in January 2013 (Q7850)
• Space debris puts exploration at risk - scientific article published in November 2020
• Optimization Methodology for Shield Structure Against Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2007 (Q7850)
• Application of Qujing Incoherent Scattering Radar in Space Debris Detection - scientific article published in January 2018 (Q7850)
• Analysis of Space Debris Orbit Prediction Using Angle and Laser Ranging Data from Two Tracking Sites under Limited Observation Environment - scientific article published on 31 March 2020
• Research of small space debris impact induced discharge - scientific article published in January 2013 (Q7850)
• Sparse Signal Representation-Based Space Debris Imaging - scientific article published in January 2011 (Q7850)
• Radar interferometer measurements of space debris using the Evpatoria RT-70 transmitter -  (Q1860)
• Resonant Orbital Dynamics in LEO Region: Space Debris in Focus -
• A Novel Position and Attitude Estimation for Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2015 (Q7850)
• Review and comparison of active space debris capturing and removal methods - article
• Space debris collision avoidance using a three-filter sequence - scientific article published in January 2014 (Q1860)
• Aerogels Materials as Space Debris Collectors - article published in 2013
• Are de-orbiting missions possible using electrodynamic tethers? Task review from the space debris perspective - article (Q1860)
• Localization Technique for Space Debris Impacted Spacecraft with PVDF Sensor - scientific article published in January 2012 (Q7850)
• Status of CNES optical observations of space debris in geostationary orbit -  (Q1860)
• Energy coupling in short pulse laser solid interactions and its impact for space debris removal - scientific article (Q1860)
• SRMF-CLEAN Imaging Algorithm for Space Debris - scientific article published in January 2007 (Q7850)
• Single microparticle launching method using two-stage light-gas gun for simulating hypervelocity impacts of micrometeoroids and space debris. - scientific article published in November 2010
• Demonstrating a new technology for space debris removal using a bi-directional plasma thruster - scientific article published in Scientific Reports (Q1860)
• Image Restoration Based on Statistic PSF Modeling for Improving the Astrometry of Space Debris -  (Q1860)
• From Asteroids to Space Debris -
• Deployment dynamics of tethered-net for space debris removal - article (Q1860)
• System Analysis on Space Debris Surveillance Using General Survey Radar - scientific article published in January 2011 (Q7850)
• Object Recognition Method of Space Debris Tracking Image Sequence - scientific article published in January 2015 (Q7850)
• State estimation of space debris group based on random finite set - scientific article published in January 2017 (Q7850)
• Physical characterization of the deep-space debris WT1190F: A testbed for advanced SSA techniques -  (Q1860)
• Poynting-Robertson drag and solar wind in the space debris problem - scientific article published in January 2016 (Q1860)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Hypervelocity Impact Demonstration		Commons
commons	image		Spacedebris upd 2011		Commons
commons	image		a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have come from my descent stage, the rocket-powered jet pack that set Perseverance down on landing day back in 2021		Commons
commons	image		Debris-GEO1280 p		Commons
commons	image		SMM panel hole		Commons
commons	image		Debris-LEO1280		Commons
commons	image		Debris impacts in HST parts		Commons
commons	image		Debris-slag		Commons
commons	image		XSS-11 Minotaur-Stage 2		Commons
commons	image		Debris impacts on a LDEF panel		Commons