Chinese Space Science and Technology

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CURRENT SPACE DEBRIS ENVIRONMENT

Zhu Yilin(Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100081)   

  • Online:1996-12-25

Abstract: On the basis of the recent tracking, observation and statistic analysis of space debris and the analysis and study of the recovered experimental devices and samples from orbits, the latest data on number, mass and distribution of the space debris around the Earth are presented.