The Truth About Space Debris

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References:
[1] https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/03/debris-from-indias-asat-test-how-long.html
[2] https://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=stm
[3] https://www.nap.edu/read/5532/chapter/6#37
[4] https://www.nap.edu/read/5532/chapter/4#11
[5] http://adsbit.harvard.edu//full/1997ESASP.393..509B/0000509.000.html
[6] https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Space_Safety_Security/Space_Debris/Hypervelocity_impacts_and_protecting_spacecraft
[7] https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/74082/ICES_2018_81.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
[8] http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/06/ATV_shielding_after_impact_test
[?] http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/06/ATV_shielding_after_impact_test
[10] http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_09_e.html
[11] https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/1233/04Dec_Kalinski.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
[12] https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/measurements/radar.html
[13] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/orbital_debris.html
[14]https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/how-nasa-steers-the-international-space-station-around-space-junk/
[15] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/bullet-dodge.html

[16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J002E3
[17] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120009369.pdf

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