Continuing Kepler's Quest : Assessing Air Force Space Command's Astrodynamics Standards /

"In February 2009, the commercial communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the Russian military communications satellite Cosmos 2251. The collision, which was not the first recorded between two satellites in orbit--but the most recent and alarming--produced thousands of pieces of debri...

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Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Assessment of the U.S. Air Force's Astrodynamics Standards, National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Kepler, Johannes, > 1571-1630. United States. > Air Force Space Command > Standards. Astronautics. Astrodynamics. Automatic data collection systems. Artificial satellites in telecommunication > United States.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9780309261432 0309261430
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central