Status of development of space-debris hy
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A. Geille
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Article
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1997
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Elsevier Science
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English
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CEA/CESTA is now adapting under contxact with European Space Agency (ESA) an explosive-based technique to launch hypervelocity projectiles in order to simulate the space debris environment in low orbit around the earth. ESA requirement is to launch a representative fiat aluminum projectile (1 gram)