Laser system for observation and removal of space debris

Nikolai G. Basov; E. M. Zemskov; R. I. Il'kaev; V. M. Kazansky; Gennadi A. Kirillov; Stanislav M. Kulikov; Yuri F. Kutaev; O. Yu. Nosach; Stanislav A. Sukharev

doi:10.1117/12.334467

22 December 1998 Laser system for observation and removal of space debris

Nikolai G. Basov, E. M. Zemskov, R. I. Il'kaev, V. M. Kazansky, Gennadi A. Kirillov, Stanislav M. Kulikov, Yuri F. Kutaev, O. Yu. Nosach, Stanislav A. Sukharev

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Proceedings Volume 3574, XII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334467
Event: Twelfth International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The operation of laser system based on explosively pumped photodissociation lasers and designed to control the distribution of space debris not observed nowadays is described and the possibility of its breaking using laser radiation effect and its subsequent evaporation in the Earth's atmosphere is discussed.

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Nikolai G. Basov, E. M. Zemskov, R. I. Il'kaev, V. M. Kazansky, Gennadi A. Kirillov, Stanislav M. Kulikov, Yuri F. Kutaev, O. Yu. Nosach, and Stanislav A. Sukharev "Laser system for observation and removal of space debris", Proc. SPIE 3574, XII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers and High-Power Laser Conference, (22 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334467

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