I haven't seen deorbiting methods yet, which use the momentum, the moving energy of the debris itself for the repeated process. To this end, let’s imagine a space laser capable of deorbiting any hunk of space garbage from low-Earth orbit (LEO) less than 1 kilogram. An experimental satellite from Airbus’ SSTL subsidiary will test methods of removing orbital debris. The space debris is classified based on the size of the particles. No space debris generated during the launch. United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space . Orbital Debris Population & Flux to the Stratosphere 3. Over 70% of debris is distributed between the 500 km and 1000 km low Earth orbits (LEO), and existing methods may be theoretically feasible but are not the high-efficiency and low-consumption methods for LEO debris removal. Scientific and Technical Subcommittee . Today, some 7,000 tonnes of artificial debris – a mass equivalent to the Eiffel Tower – … Presentation to the 51th Session of the . Planning for fleet of SWEEPERS to reduce costs & orbital debris risk.

A Thermal-Solar System for De-Orbiting of Space Debris INCAS BULLETIN, Volume 10 , Issue 1 / 2018 The d iameter of concentrated light beam is the same as the diameter o f small par abolic Scientific and Technical Subcommittee . Deorbiting Mission of cm-Sized Space Debris by Laser Ablation Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, S Wada (RIKEN) and Philippe Gorodetzky (APC-CNRS, Univ. Juan R. Sanmartín . 10-21 February 2014 InflateSail was a 3U CubeSat launched on PSLV C38 on 23 June 2017 into a 505 km polar Sun-synchronous orbit. My idea is to make a bigge r - could be refuelable - space craft, which is using electric propukion (VASIMR could be nice), and is equipped by a longer railgun, or similar device(*), which can generate linear moving energy from electric energy. Currently seeking grant funding to design, build, launch, and operate concept flight hardware. They can cause holes in … More than 500,000 pieces of debris, or “space junk,” are tracked as they orbit the Earth.

Introduction 2. From that 120 km Ap/72 km Pe orbit, it was a simple matter to rendevous with each bit of space debris, dropping the first one to aerobrake, restoring a stable orbit, then docking and landing the last bit of space debris. There are over 100 million particles of size less than 1 cm. United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space . While traditional deorbiting requires burn maneuvers, a passive deorbiting system works independently of spacecraft propulsion. It carries three types of technologies for space-debris capture and active deorbiting — a harpoon, a net and a drag sail. The space debris removal problem needs to be solved urgently. The goals of the grant is to carry out research activities on electrodynamics tether technology for deorbiting space debris. Presentation to the 51th Session of the . It carried a 1 m long inflatable rigidizable mast, and a 10 m2 drag-deorbiting sail.