Research Article

Evasive Maneuvers in Space Debris Environment and Technological Parameters

Table 3

Summary of attainable miss distances after a maneuver as a function of initial distance and exhaust velocity. represents the time taken to reach the closest approach.


Miss distance

3.0 0.587110 2.935552 5.871103 8.806655 14.677758 20.548861 2667 7.766403
10.0 0.586520 2.932598 5.865197 8.797795 14.662992 20.528189 2666 7.513203
50.0 0.587701 2.938506 5.877013 8.815519 14.692532 20.569545 2668 7.585059
80.0 0.588293 2.941463 5.882926 8.824388 14.707314 20.590240 2669 7.755845
100.0 0.588884 2.944421 5.888842 8.833263 14.722104 20.610946 2670 7.693744
350.0 0.591254 2.956269 5.912539 8.868808 14.781346 20.693885 2674 7.673087
500.0 0.591256 2.956270 5.912542 8.869875 14.781302 20.693675 2674 8.546885