Laser Ranging and Nudging in Space Debris Traffic Management
The number of satellites in LEO is dramatically increasing, from single objects 60 years ago to a predicted 100,000 in 2030. U.S. companies have requested approval for 58,000 new satellites in the next decade, 42k from SpaceX alone. Each week, 3k LEO objects pass each other closer than 1 km. In 2018...
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IFSA Publishing, S.L.
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Sensors & Transducers |
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| Online Access: | https://sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/january_2022/Vol_255/P_3254.pdf |