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Table 4 Ballistic coefficient of catalogued Hitomi fragments estimated using EOS Space Systems’ BCEM (see also ‘Collision fragmentation simulation’ section)

From: An analysis of the 2016 Hitomi breakup event

Type

Object no. (NORAD ID)

Size (S/M/L)

B C (m2/kg)

HITOMI

41337

LARGE

0.0007

DEB

41438

SMALL

>1

DEB

41439

SMALL

0.079

DEB

41440

SMALL

0.136

DEB

41441

SMALL

0.113

DEB

41442

LARGE

0.025

DEB

41443

SMALL

>1

DEB

41444

SMALL

0.124

DEB

41445

SMALL

0.128

DEB

41446

SMALL

0.366

DEB

41447

SMALL

0.117

  1. Size estimates are taken from USSTRATCOM’s Satellite Situation Report