Accession Number N20120003286
Title Orbital Debris Modeling.
Publication Date 2012
Media Count 43p
Personal Author J. C. Liou
Abstract Presentation outlne: (1) The NASA Orbital Debris (OD) Engineering Model -- A mathematical model capable of predicting OD impact risks for the ISS and other critical space assets (2) The NASA OD Evolutionary Model -- A physical model capable of predicting future debris environment based on user-specified scenarios (3) The NASA Standard Satellite Breakup Model -- A model describing the outcome of a satellite breakup (explosion or collision)
Keywords Bayes theorem
Earth orbital environments
Geosynchronous orbits
Low earth orbits
Mathematical models
Monte carlo method
Predictions
Space debris
Spacecraft breakup
 
Source Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NTIS Subject Category 84B - Extraterrestial Exploration
Corporate Author National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
Document Type Technical report
Title Note N/A
NTIS Issue Number 1219
Contract Number N/A

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