RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris. (26th November 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris. (26th November 2019)
- Main Title:
- RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris
- Authors:
- Aglietti, G.S.
Taylor, B.
Fellowes, S.
Ainley, S.
Tye, D.
Cox, C.
Zarkesh, A.
Mafficini, A.
Vinkoff, N.
Bashford, K.
Salmon, T.
Retat, I.
Burgess, C.
Hall, A.
Chabot, T.
Kanani, K.
Pisseloup, A.
Bernal, C.
Chaumette, F.
Pollini, A.
Steyn, W.H. - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The RemoveDEBRIS mission has been the first mission to successfully demonstrate, in-orbit, a series of technologies that can be used for the active removal of space debris. The mission started late in 2014 and was sponsored by a grant from the EC that saw a consortium led by the Surrey Space Centre to develop the mission, from concept to in-orbit demonstrations, that terminated in March 2019. Technologies for the capture of large space debris, like a net and a harpoon, have been successfully tested together with hardware and software to retrieve data on non-cooperative target debris kinematics from observations carried out with on board cameras. The final demonstration consisted of the deployment of a drag-sail to increase the drag of the satellite to accelerate its demise.
- Is Part Of:
- Aeronautical journal. Volume 124:Number 1271(2020)
- Journal:
- Aeronautical journal
- Issue:
- Volume 124:Number 1271(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 124, Issue 1271 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 1271
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0124-1271-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 23
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-26
- Subjects:
- Space Debris, -- Active Debris Removal, ADR, -- CubeSats, -- satellite missions, -- end of life disposal, -- deorbiting, -- net, -- harpoon, -- vision-based navigation, -- drag-sail
Aeronautics -- Periodicals
629.1305 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=AER ↗
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/aeronautical-journal ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/aer.2019.136 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0001-9240
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