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Bombardelli, Claudio and Herrera-Montojo, J. and Gonzalo, J.L. (2013). Multiple removal of spent rocket upper stages with an ion beam shepherd. In: "6th European Conference on Space Debris", 22/04/2013 - 25/04/2013, Darmstadt, Germany. ISBN 978-92-9221-287-2. pp. 1-5.
Title: | Multiple removal of spent rocket upper stages with an ion beam shepherd |
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Item Type: | Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article) |
Event Title: | 6th European Conference on Space Debris |
Event Dates: | 22/04/2013 - 25/04/2013 |
Event Location: | Darmstadt, Germany |
Title of Book: | Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Space Debris |
Date: | August 2013 |
ISBN: | 978-92-9221-287-2 |
Volume: | 723 |
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Faculty: | E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos (UPM) |
Department: | Aeronaves y Vehículos Espaciales |
Creative Commons Licenses: | Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial |
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Among the many advantages of the recently proposed ion beam shepherd (IBS) debris removal technique is the capability to deal with multiple targets in a single mission. A preliminary analysis is here conducted in order to estimate the cost in terms of spacecraft mass and total mission time to remove multiple large-size upper stages of the Zenit family. Zenit-2 upper stages are clustered at 71 degrees inclination around 850 km altitude in low Earth orbit. It is found that a removal of two targets per year is feasible with a modest size spacecraft. The most favorable combinations of targets are outlined.
Item ID: | 33302 |
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DC Identifier: | http://oa.upm.es/33302/ |
OAI Identifier: | oai:oa.upm.es:33302 |
Deposited by: | Memoria Investigacion |
Deposited on: | 21 Apr 2015 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2015 11:14 |