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HARDBACK list:$44.95 Web:$40.46 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $34.50 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration: Report of a Workshop Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope: Final Report Other Related Titles Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment (1995) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 193   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. List of Acronyms AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CCD charge-coupled device CIS Commonwealth of Independent States COBE Cosmic Background Explorer COPUOS Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space EOL end of life ESA European Space Agency EURECA European Retrievable Carrier GEO geosynchronous Earth orbit GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GTO geostationary transfer orbit HAX Haystack auxiliary radar HEO high Earth orbit IAA International Academy of Astronautics IADC Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee ILA International Law Association LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility LEO low Earth orbit LIDAR light detection and ranging MLI multilayer insulation MSX Midcourse Space Experiment NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NRC National Research Council ODERACS Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres RCS radar cross section Page 193 FRONT MATTER (R1-R14) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-10) INTRODUCTION (11-16) 1 SPACE OPERATIONS AND THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT (17-30) 2 METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION (31-62) 3 DEBRIS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION (63-78) 4 HAZARDS TO SPACE OPERATIONS FROM DEBRIS (79-100) 5 TOOLS FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION (101-118) 6 DESIGNING FOR THE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT (119-134) 7 TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD (135-156) 8 THE FUTURE ORBITAL POPULATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEBRIS REDUCTION MEASURES (157-174) 9 RECOMMENDATIONS (175-182) APPENDIXES (183-184) A SPACE LAW AND ORBITAL DEBRIS (185-190) B WORKSHOP ON SPACE DEBRIS (191-192) LIST OF ACRONYMS (193-194) UNIT CONVERSIONS (195-196) GLOSSARY (197-202) INDEX (203-210)

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List of Acronyms AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CCD charge-coupled device CIS Commonwealth of Independent States COBE Cosmic Background Explorer COPUOS Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space EOL end of life ESA European Space Agency EURECA European Retrievable Carrier GEO geosynchronous Earth orbit GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GTO geostationary transfer orbit HAX Haystack auxiliary radar HEO high Earth orbit IAA International Academy of Astronautics IADC Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee ILA International Law Association LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility LEO low Earth orbit LIDAR light detection and ranging MLI multilayer insulation MSX Midcourse Space Experiment NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NRC National Research Council ODERACS Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres RCS radar cross section

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RORSAT Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite SSC Space Surveillance Center SSN Space Surveillance Network (USA) SSS Space Surveillance System (Russia) UHF ultrahigh frequency UN United Nations VHF very high frequency

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