Spacecraft collision probability
By: F. Kenneth Chan.
Publisher: Aerospace Press; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Published: 2007
Place of publication: El Segundo, Calif; Reston, Va
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781884989186
Subjects: Space debris; Space vehicle accidents -- Mathematical models; Space vehicles -- Protection; Probabilities; Mathematical statistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Spacecraft encounters; title: The encounter region; title: The isotropic problem; title: Analytical expressions for short-term encounters; title: International Space Station collision probability; title: Maneuvers to mitigate potential collision threats; title: Analytical expressions for long-term encounters; title: Short-term vs long-term spacecraft encounters; title: Formation flying; title: Maximum probability of collision; title: Close encounters with multiple satellites; title: Instantaneous probability of collision; title: Spherical error probability computation; title: Isotropic models of signal fading.