美俄衛(wèi)星太空碰撞事件及對航天活動的影響
The giant collision of US-Russia satellites in space and its influences on spaceflight activities
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摘要: 文章介紹了最近發(fā)生的美俄衛(wèi)星太空碰撞重大事件;深入剖析了導(dǎo)致碰撞的可能原因;詳細評述了衛(wèi)星碰撞事件對空間碎片環(huán)境的嚴重惡化和對人類航天活動的影響;分析了碰撞事件對空間碎片研究帶來的新困難和新挑戰(zhàn)。文章指出,從航天器安全角度來講,減緩、控制乃至清除空間碎片是全人類共同的責(zé)任和唯一選擇。Abstract: This paper discusses the giant collision of US-Russia satellites in space, including a brief description, possible causes for this accident, the influence of this collision on the space debris environment, on the in-orbit spacecraft and even on the future spaceflight activities, and the new challenges after this accident for space debris protection of spacecraft. It is pointed out that it is our common duty and the only choice to mitigate, control, and clean up space debris.