ISO/TR 16158:2021

Space systems — Avoiding collisions among orbiting objects

OVERVIEW

This document is a guide for establishing essential collaborative enterprises to sustain the space environment and employ it effectively.

This document describes some widely used techniques for perceiving close approaches, estimating collision probability, estimating the cumulative probability of survival, and manoeuvring to avoid collisions.

NOTE       Satellite operators accept that all conjunction and collision assessment techniques are statistical. All suffer false positives and/or missed detections. The degree of uncertainty in the estimated outcomes is not uniform across all satellite orbits or all assessment intervals. No comparison within a feasible number of test cases can reveal the set of techniques that is uniformly most appropriate for all.

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PRODUCT DETAILS

Status Current
Edition 2021
No. of Pages 31
ICS Classification 49.140 Space systems and operations
Committee ISO/TC 20/SC 14
Available for Purchase For sale in Singapore only
Adoption ISO