Abstract
The amount of space debris is ever increasing, and pollution of the space environment has become a serious problem that can no longer be ignored. Consequently, the active removal of large space debris from crowded economically useful orbits should begin as soon as possible. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has been investigating an active debris removal system that employs highly efficient electrodynamic tether (EDT) technology for orbital transfer. This study investigates the tether deployment from a spool-type reel using thrusters by means of numerical simulations of an EDT system. The thrusters are used in order to ensure the deployment of a tether with the length of several kilometers. In the simulations using a multiple mass tether model, the dynamics of tether deployment is studied and requirements of thruster needed for the deployment, such as the thrust forces and the periods of thruster activation, are clarified.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in the Astronautical Sciences |
| Pages | 1045-1064 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Volume | 145 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 1st International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DyCoSS 2012 - Porto Duration: 2012 Mar 19 → 2012 Mar 21 |
Other
| Other | 1st International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DyCoSS 2012 |
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| City | Porto |
| Period | 12/3/19 → 12/3/21 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science