EDITORIAL INFORMATION

The Space Debris Sessions of the 33nd Symposyum on Safety, Rescue, and Quality (2000), at the IAF Congress in Rio de Janeiro again were organized by the International Academy of Astronautics' (IAA) Subcommittee on Space Debris, Committee on Safety and Quality. During three sessions covering Measurement and Modeling, Risk Analysis and Protection, and Mitigation Measures, Space Debris Handbooks and Standards, 30 papers were given.

(Extracted from the Foreword).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Contents.

-Measurements and Modelling of Space Debris and Meteoroids.

-Analysis of the Eglin Radar Debris Fence.
-Debris Model Validation and Interpretation of Debris Measurements Using ESA's Proof Tool.
-Space Shuttle Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Impact Damage.
-Space Based Observations of Orbital Debris.
-Space Debris Orbit Estimation by Optical Measurements.
-Space Debris Observations at the Bisei Spaceguard Center.
-Forecasting Space Debris Distributions: A Measure Theory Approach.
-Updating the NASA LEO Orbital Debris Engineering Model With Recent Radar and Optical Observations and In Situ Measurements.
-Application of the Divine Approach to Determine Flux and Spatial Density Resulting From Space Debris.
-LEO Technogeneous Contaminants Evolution Modeling With Account of Satellites Collisions.

-Risk Analysis and Protection.

-Object Flux Characteristics Due to Various Types of Debris Sources.
-Calculation of Collision Probabilities for Space Tethers.
-On the Survivability of Tethers in Space.
-Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Space Debris.
-Numerical and Experimental Study on the Shaped Charge for Space Debris.
-Achieving Cost Effective Debris Protection of Unmanned Spacecraft Using Shield.
-Microwave Generation Due to Hypervelocity Impact.
-Application of SCARAB to Destructive Satellite Re-entries.
-A Multifrequency Airborne Radar System for Observing Space System Reentry.
-A New Approach to Computing Micrometeoroid Fluxes on Spacecraft.

-Mitigation Measures, Space Debris Handbooks and Standards.

-Self-Induced Collision Hazard in High and Moderate Inclination Satellite Constellations.
-OMS for NeLS: A Concept for a Robot -Assisted Service for Removing Satellites from a LEO Constellation.
-Analysis of Ways to Destroy the Space Debris and Versions of SC Structures to Clean the Orbit.
-Tethers and Debris Mitigation.
-Minimization of Space Debris Formation on Zenit-3SL ILV Launches Within the Sea Launch Program.
-Consequences of Continued Growth in the LEO and GEO Disposal Orbital Regimes.
-Studies of Space Debris Mitigation Options Using the Debris Environment.
-The NASA Orbital Debris Guidelines: An Historical Perspective on Orbital Debris Modeling Supporting the Development of a Policy on the Use of Space.
-De-orbiting of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

-Appendices.

-Publications of the American Astronautical Society.

-Index.

-Numerical Index.
-Author Index.