Satellite vulnerability to space debris - an improved 3D risk assessment methodology

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8057003	Acta Astronautica	2014	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The methodology has then been applied to select design strategies (additional local shielding, relocation of components) to improve S/C protection with respect to MMOD. The results of the analyses conducted on the improved design show a reduction of the vulnerability index of about 18%.

Keywords

CFRP MTG GEO SENTINEL-1 S/S LEO MMOD S-1 SRL FTA SAR MeO BaU S/C SAW MLI Space debris Ble Hypervelocity impact Fault tree analysis Synthetic aperture radar spacecraft Low earth orbit geostationary orbit Ballistic limit equation Carbon fiber reinforced plastic Business as Usual Honeycomb

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Satellite vulnerability to space debris - an improved 3D risk assessment methodology

Authors

Lilith Grassi, Francesca Tiboldo, Roberto Destefanis, ThérÃ¨se Donath, Arne Winterboer, Leanne Evans, Rolf Janovsky, Scott Kempf, Martin Rudolph, Frank Schäfer, Johannes Gelhaus,