Exploiting Orbital Data and Observation Campaigns to Improve Space Debris Models

Vitali Braun, IMS Space Consultancy at Space Debris Office – ESA/ESOC, Andr´e Horstmann, Institute of Space Systems – TU Braunschweig, Benedikt Reihs, Space Debris Office – ESA/ESOC, Stijn Lemmens, Space Debris Office – ESA/ESOC, Klaus Merz, Space Debris Office – ESA/ESOC, Holger Krag, Space Debris Office – ESA/ESOC

Keywords: Space debris, mitigation, DRAMA, MASTER

Abstract:

The European Space Agency (ESA) has been developing the Meteoroid and Space Debris Terrestrial Environment Reference (MASTER) software as the European reference model for space debris for more than 25 years. It is an event-based simulation of all known individual debris-generating events since 1957, including breakups, solid rocket motor firings and nuclear reactor core ejections.

Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2017

Track: Orbital Debris

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