Overview
- Inventories all the current projects and programs aiming to undertake active removal of debris and on-orbit servicing and offers an interdisciplinary assessment of the various technologies envisioned
- Describes the monitoring system used to track over 22,000 space objects
- Advocates for the prevention of new debris creation through regulation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development (BRIEFSSPACE)
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Keywords
- De-orbiting Satellites
- Debris in Space
- International Space Law
- Kessler Syndrome
- Removal of Non-functioning Satellites
- Removal of Space Debris
- Responsibility for Space Debris
- Space Junk Solution
- Space Propulsion and Transportation
- Space Sustainability
- Space Systems Engineering
- Space Technology Due Diligence
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Book Title: New Solutions for the Space Debris Problem
Authors: Joseph N. Pelton
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17151-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Joseph Pelton 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17150-0Published: 20 May 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17151-7Published: 06 May 2015
Series ISSN: 2191-8171
Series E-ISSN: 2191-818X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 94
Number of Illustrations: 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space