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Apparent rotation properties of space debris extracted from photometric measurements
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In this paper, the rotation properties of space debris are obtained as a function of object type and orbit using a phase-diagram reconstruction method, and the apparent rotation period is extracted from the light curve.About:
This article is published in Advances in Space Research.The article was published on 2017-11-07. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Space debris & Geosynchronous orbit.read more
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Orbital Debris Threat for Space Sustainability and Way Forward (Review Article)
TL;DR: This article thoroughly reviews all aspects of space debris issue including causes, amount and sizes of orbital debris, potential threats, counter-strategies with their latest status and related legal issues to highlight the criticality and urgency of the problem.
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Attitude Estimation and Geometry Reconstruction of Satellite Targets Based on ISAR Image Sequence Interpretation
TL;DR: A novel approach to estimating the three-dimensional attitude and reconstructing typical component geometry of space targets from an ISAR image sequence by exploring the shape feature within the ISAR sequence and solving an optimization with prior shape constraints is proposed.
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Prospects of de-tumbling large space debris using a two-satellite electromagnetic formation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new noncontact de-tumbling method using a two-satellite electromagnetic formation, in which two small electromagnetic satellites, each having a high-temperature superconducting coil, generate control torques to reduce the rotation rate of debris prior to making any physical contact.
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Space Debris -- Optical Measurements
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the space debris population, its orbital and physical characteristics and discuss the role which the optical telescopes play in space debris research and also discuss the adopted astronomical techniques like astrometry, photometry and spectroscopy used in the Space debris domain.
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Space debris observations with the Slovak AGO70 telescope: Astrometry and light curves
Jiří Šilha,Stanislav Krajcovic,Matej Zigo,Juraj Tóth,Danica Žilková,Pavel Zigo,Leonard Kornoš,Jaroslav Simon,Thomas Schildknecht,Emiliano Cordelli,Alessandro Vananti,Harleen Kaur Mann,Abdul Rachman,Christophe Paccolat,Tim Flohrer +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report periodic signals extracted from more than 285 light curves of 226 individual objects and construct phase diagrams for 153 light curves for which they obtained apparent amplitudes.
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