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Spacecraft collision probability /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chan, F. Kenneth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: El Segundo, Calif. : Reston, Va. : Aerospace Press ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2008]
Subjects:
Space debris.
Space vehicle accidents > Mathematical models.
Space vehicles > Protection.
Probabilities.
Mathematical statistics.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Spacecraft encounters
  • The encounter region
  • The isotropic problem
  • Analytical expressions for short-term encounters
  • International Space Station collision probability
  • Maneuvers to mitigate potential collision threats
  • Analytical expressions for long-term encounters
  • Short-term vs long-term spacecraft encounters
  • Formation flying
  • Maximum probability of collision
  • Close encounters with multiple satellites
  • Instantaneous probability of collision
  • Spherical error probability computation
  • Isotropic models of signal fading.