Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fily, Yaouen

Abstract

The amount of orbital debris has rapidly grown due to humanity's de- sire to work in, explore, and utilize space. However, compared to most types of pollution that people experience daily, it is unlikely that the aver- age person will ever encounter space pollution. Yet, it poses a signi cant threat to many technologies we depend on daily such as GPS and weather prediction satellites. Orbital debris are the remnants of orbital collisions, weapons tests, decommissioned satellites, and spent rocket stages that are passing over our heads faster than bullets and containing similar energy to hand grenades. This paper explores the existing models of orbital de- bris generation, how clouds of debris evolve with respect to time, and their rami cations.

Comments

Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2021

Extent

86 p.

Identifier

FAUHT00147

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