ABSTRACT

The amount of orbital debris resulting from human exploration and use of outer space has been steadily increasing in the history of human exploration and use of outer space. Major break-up incidents have resulted in a dramatic increase of space debris.1 The United States (US) Space Surveillance Network (SSN) currently tracks around 23,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 cm.2 Those pieces of debris, which travel at very high speed, are one of the primary threats to spacecraft and human space missions.