Monitoring the near-space meteoroid population using the AMOR Radar Facility

The heliocentric orbital distribution of Earth-impacting meteoroids is provided via routine surveillance using the radar monitoring system Advanced Meteor Orbit Radar (AMOR). This orbital description of the Solar System dust population provides the speed and directional characteristics of the influx of this external dust into the Earth's environment. Details of this high-speed background dust component are important inputs for assessing the multiple contributions to the space debris population.