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Space Object Traffic Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Stephen H. Knowles
Stephen H. Knowles*
Affiliation:
Naval Space Surveillance Center, Dahlgren, VAU.S.A.

Abstract

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The task of avoiding collisions between orbiting objects requires more than a statistical description of the objects’ positions. The paper describes the general procedures used for such cataloging, together with an indication of the accuracy required for orbital collision avoidance.

Type
Space Debris
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 112: Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris , 1991 , pp. 165
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991