These high-speed particles can destroy critical external spacecraft subsystems and also increase the contamination of the orbital environment. This report presents a summary of the work performed towards the development of an empirical model that Characterizes the secondary ejecta created by a high speed impacta on a typical aerospace structural surface. The effects of these phenomena impact spacecraft design, development, and operations. Space systems become increasingly susceptible to the space environment as use of composite materials and smaller, faster electronics increases. Meteroids are naturally occurring phenomena in the natural space environment.
Orbital debris is manmade space litter accumulated in Earth orbit from the exploration of space.
Descriptions are presented of orbital debris source, distribution, size, lifetime, and mitigation measures. This primer is one in a series of NASA Reference Publications currently being developed by the Electromagnetics and Aerospace Environments Branch, Systems Analysis and Integration Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The TSS consists of a tethered satellite deployer and a tethered satellite. Finally, the HULL hydrodynamic computer code was used to simulate the hypervelocity impact of the tether cable by particles at velocities higher than can be tested, to determine the extent of the expected tether damage. Taking into consideration the results of the National Research Council orbital debris technical assessment study funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, an Interagency Working Group under the direction of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council revised and updated the 1989 Report on Orbital Debris.