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A Monte Carlo Analysis for Collision Risk Assessment on Vega Launcher Payloads and LARES Satellite Cover

A Monte Carlo Analysis for Collision Risk Assessment on Vega Launcher Payloads and LARES Satellite

Artificial Satellites
Volume 51 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2016-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859 (formerly 0208-841X)
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Language: English
Page range: 45 - 54
Submitted on: Nov 5, 2015
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2016
Published on: Feb 22, 2016
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
LARES,
VEGA,
launchers,
space debris,
collisions
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2016 G. Sindoni, I. Ciufolini, F. Battie, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
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