Space Debris in the Geosynchronous Earth Orbit: Debris Environmental Assessment and Its Implications on Cost and Benefit Analysis
Abstract
This paper conducts an environmental and economical evaluations of space debris in the Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) under different proposed mitigation measures, including new legal standards, such as a lower satellite explosion rate and restrictions on the number of launches.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004LPI....35.1386T