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Chapter 5 outlined the consequences of continuing space activities in a businessas-usual fashion, with the conclusion that a timely change of operational practices is required in order to maintain a stable space debris environment, which will permit safe space operations in the long-term future. The main driver for future debris proliferation was found to be the on-orbit mass reservoir, predominantly of LEO objects beyond 100 kg, and potential large-size colliders (mission-related, or due to on-orbit explosions), capable of producing catastrophic break-ups. These break-ups may lead to enhanced feedback collisions and to the onset of a selfsustained runaway situation due to collisional cascading. In the current chapter debris mitigation measures will be identified that can effectively tackle the main causes of an uncontrolled population growth.
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Klinkrad, H., Martin, C., Walker, R., Jehn, R. (2006). Effects of Debris Mitigation Measures on Environment Projections. In: Space Debris. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-37674-7_6
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