Monthly Archives: October 2018

References: Space Junk Remediation

Using lasers to deorbit small space junk Information on Chinese ASAT test in 2007 TLE data, including some debris data from Celestrak FCC fact sheet on proposed space debris mitigation rules

Video Trajectory Reconstruction

Open source Tracker software (written in Java.) Video capture and post-processing technique for approximating 3D projectile trajectory Paper on one technique for recovering a 3D trajectory from video. Video reconstruction using 2 cameras (The full gory details), Some discussion on StackOverflow.

Thermal Reentry References

Thermal Reentry Probes Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (ESA) QubeSat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on AblatioN Overview slides for QARMAN Ablative thermal protection references

Basic Electricity and Magnetism

Electrostatics Electric Charge Charging by Induction and Contact The electric force The electric field Electric potential (voltage) and the electric field Magnetostatics Magnets Producing a magnetic field: ferromagnets and electromagnets The magnetic force Time Changing Magnetic and Electric Fields Induced electric field from a time changing magnetic field Determining the induced electric field or potential […]