23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-8.2.2

HYPOTHESIS ON THE ENHANCING OF THE PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL OF SPACE AND TRANSATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES IN SPACE DEBRIS AND MICROMETEOROIDS CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT

M. Gallizio, G. Sembenini, N. Viola
Turin Polytechnic University, Italy

Keywords: zonal analysis, trans-atmospheric, debris, safety

The space interested by man made flying crafts is pollutedby man made debris. As part of advanced design methodologies is the Zonal Analysis techniques at conceptual level to evaluate the risks of damages coming from impacts with debris, and so gather indications for internal systems reallocation. Two cases are reported: a trans-atmospheric vehicle and a micro satellite.

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