Theory Of Satellite Fragmentation In Orbit
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Accidental Collision In Orbit
Angle-Criterion for Ricochet Fragment
Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Experiment
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Butterfly Pattern in Fragments Spread
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Center-of-Mass Cloud
Chinese ASAT Experiment
Clam Model of Exploding Propellant Tanks
Co-orbital Method of Soviet ASAT Test
Collision of Yun-Hai Satellite with Orbital Debris
Combustion
Comet-Like Structure in Briz-M Rocket Fragments
Delta-180 Collision Experiment in Space
Detonation
Dragon-Fly Pattern in Cosmos 1408 Fragments
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Eulerian CTH Hydrocode
Explosion of Delta Rocket in Orbit
Explosive Fragmentation of Briz-M Rockets
Feng-Yun Satellite Fragmentation
Fragmentation of Cosmos 1408 Satellite in Orbit
Gabbard Diagram
Ground-Track of Proton-MBriz-M Rockets
Half-Segment Model of Exploding Propellant Tanks
High-Intensity Explosion
Hypervelocity Collision
Indian ASAT Experiment
Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collision
Lagrangian SPH Hydrocode
Low-Intensity Explosion
Microsat-R Satellite Fragmentation
Octant Model of Exploding Propellant Tanks
Orbital Debris
Payload Cloud
PISCES Code of Exploding Propellant Tanks
Ricochet Fragments
Rocket Cloud
Russia's Direct-Ascent ASAT Test
Russia's Nudol Hypersonic Missile
Satellite Destruction Using Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)
Satellite Fragmentation in Orbit
Sequential Fragmentation in Space
Similarity with Hydrogen p-orbitals
Solwind Satellite Fragmentation
Soviet ASAT Experiment
Spot-1 Ariane Fragmentation
Sufficient Condition for Collision in Orbit
US Asat Experiment
USA-193 satellite Destruction
Velocity Perturbations of Fragment
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- ISBN 9789819822799
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2026
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
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A new field of science called Satellite Fragmentation in Orbit was ushered in on 29 June 1961 when a Thor-Ablestar rocket exploded in orbit. However, it was not until 58 years and 268 additional satellite breakups later that the first book in this field entitled Theory of Satellite Fragmentation in Orbit appeared in print. The book begins with a survey of satellite breakups due to various causes such as explosion of residual fuel left in the upper stages, intentional destructions in anti-satellite (ASAT) tests, accidental collisions, etc. Fundamental physical processes underlying satellite fragmentations of various kinds are outlined. Exact solutions of velocity perturbations of the fragments in a satellite breakup were obtained and applied to analyze the nature of the fragmentation retrospectively. The formation of 'ricochet fragments' was shown to constitute a sufficient condition for collision in space.Since then, several prominent satellite fragmentations in orbit had taken place, all of them due to collisions, which exhibited new phenomenology not witnessed before. For example, in March 2019, India's Microsat-R satellite was destroyed in an ASAT test by a kinetic kill vehicle (KKV) which exhibited signatures of four separate breakups, the first of which was due to impact by the KKV, and the subsequent breakups were due to the ignition of residual propellants. Also, Russia's unique version of direct-ascent ASAT test was carried out in November 2021, when its Cosmos 1408 satellite was struck from behind by a hypersonic Nudol missile. A butterfly pattern in the fragment cloud with three wings akin to p-orbitals of the hydrogen atom was recorded for the first time. This second edition now updates the orbiting satellite fragmentation phenomenology in one single volume for ready reference.
