An economic “Kessler Syndrome”: A dynamic model of earth orbit debris

Nodir Adilov, Peter J. Alexander and Brendan M. Cunningham

Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 166, issue C, 79-82

Abstract: We construct a dynamic model of orbital debris that predicts an “economic Kessler Syndrome”, where orbital debris renders orbits economically unprofitable, precedes a “physical Kessler Syndrome”. Our model generalizes to any orbit subject to debris accretions or decrements.

Keywords: Orbital debris; Economic Kessler Syndrome; Satellites (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 L9 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.025

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