On the Design of an Active Debris Removal Architecture for Low Earth Orbit Space Debris Remediation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Quinlan ◽  
Christopher Jones ◽  
Vivek Vittaldev ◽  
Alan Wilhite
Keyword(s):  
Space Debris ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit ◽  
Active Debris Removal ◽  
Debris Removal

Electromagnetic-launch-based method for cost-efficient space debris removal

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Chongyuan Hou ◽  
Yuan Yang ◽  
Yikang Yang ◽  
Kaizhong Yang ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Debris ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Electromagnetic Launch ◽  
Debris Removal ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Electromagnetic Launcher ◽  
Cost Efficient

AbstractThe increase in space debris orbiting Earth is a critical problem for future space missions. Space debris removal has thus become an area of interest, and significant research progress is being made in this field. However, the exorbitant cost of space debris removal missions is a major concern for commercial space companies. We therefore propose the debris removal using electromagnetic launcher (DREL) system, a ground-based electromagnetic launch system (railgun), for space debris removal missions. The DREL system has three components: a ground-based electromagnetic launcher (GEML), suborbital vehicle (SOV), and mass of micrometer-scale dust (MSD) particles. The average cost of removing a piece of low-earth orbit space debris using DREL was found to be approximately USD 160,000. The DREL method is thus shown to be economical; the total cost to remove more than 2,000 pieces of debris in a cluster was only approximately USD 400 million, compared to the millions of dollars required to remove just one or two pieces of debris using a conventional space debris removal mission. By using DREL, the cost of entering space is negligible, thereby enabling countries to remove their space debris in an affordable manner.

scholarly journals Innovative observing strategy and orbit determination for Low Earth Orbit space debris

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Milani ◽  
D. Farnocchia ◽  
L. Dimare ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
F. Bernardi
Keyword(s):  
Orbit Determination ◽  
Space Debris ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit

Low earth orbit space debris ballistic coefficients and their applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 1129001
Author(s):  
陈俊宇 Chen Junyu ◽  
李 彬 Li Bin ◽  
章 品 Zhang Pin ◽  
杜建丽 Du Jianli ◽  
陈立娟 Chen Lijuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Debris ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit

Low earth orbit space debris ballistic coefficients and their applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 1129001
Author(s):  
陈俊宇 Chen Junyu ◽  
李 彬 Li Bin ◽  
章 品 Zhang Pin ◽  
杜建丽 Du Jianli ◽  
陈立娟 Chen Lijuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Debris ◽  
Orbit Space ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Earth Orbit
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