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Merino, M.C. and Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo and Bombardelli, Claudio and Urrutxua, H. and Pelaez Alvarez, Jesus (2013). Ion beam shepherd satellite for space debris removal. "Progress in Propulsion Physics", v. 4 ; pp. 789-802. https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201304789.
Title: | Ion beam shepherd satellite for space debris removal |
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Item Type: | Article |
Título de Revista/Publicación: | Progress in Propulsion Physics |
Date: | 2013 |
Volume: | 4 |
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Faculty: | E.T.S. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (UPM) |
Department: | Física Aplicada a la Ingeniería Aeronáutica [hasta 2014] |
Creative Commons Licenses: | Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial |
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A novel contactless space debris removal system is proposed in which the debris orbital motion is actively controlled by exploiting the momentum transmitted by a collimated beam of quasi-neutral plasma impinging against its surface. The beam can be generated with state-of-the-art ion engines from a "shepherd spacecraft" coorbiting nearby. This space- craft, placed at a distance of 10?20 m from the object, would use a state-of-the-art ion thruster pointed towards the debris, as well as a sec- ond propulsion system to compensate for the beam reaction in order to keep a constant distance between the debris and the shepherd satellite throughout the deorbiting process. The key aspects of the concept, in- cluding the propulsion requirements, the modeling of the plasma beam, the momentum transfer to the body, and the dynamics and control of the system, are discussed.
Item ID: | 52222 |
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DC Identifier: | https://oa.upm.es/52222/ |
OAI Identifier: | oai:oa.upm.es:52222 |
DOI: | 10.1051/eucass/201304789 |
Official URL: | https://www.eucass-proceedings.eu/articles/eucass/abs/2013/01/eucass4p789/eucass4p789.html |
Deposited by: | Memoria Investigacion |
Deposited on: | 29 Mar 2019 08:41 |
Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2019 08:41 |