The Consideration of non fragmentation debris in the master model

摘要

The 1997 Master model (ESA's meteoroid and space debris terrestrial reference) considers man made objects due to historical launches and fragmentation debris larger than 100 μm. This paper dresses the improvements of the MASTER model by consideration of also non-fragmentation debris down to 1 μm in diameter. For this purpose, debris generated by solid rocket motor firings. Surface degradation particles, impact ejecta, and NaK droplets released by nuclear reactors in space are currently being implemented in the model.