Satellite vulnerability to space debris – an improved 3D risk assessment methodology
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Acta Astronautica
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2014
- Accepted Date
- Feb 10, 2014
- Volume
- 99
- Pages
- 283–291
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.02.006
- Source
- Elsevier
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
•An enhanced methodology to evaluate satellite vulnerability to MMOD is described.•The methodology is applied to the LEO Earth observation satellite Sentinel-1.•Failures on internal components are evaluated using the Schäfer Ryan Lambert BLE.•Probability of satellite loss is evaluated using a Fault Tree Analysis approach.•Effects of design modifications to improve satellite protection are evaluated.