The current Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) environment has become overly crowded with space debris. An evaluation of types of debris is presented in order to determine which debris poses the greatest threat to operation in space, and would therefore provide a feasible target for removal. A target meeting these functional requirements was found in the Cosmos C-1B Rocket Body. These launchers are spent space transporters which constitute a very grave risk of collision and fragmentation in LEO. The motion and physical characteristics of these rocket bodies have determined the most feasible method of removal. The proposed Orbital Debris Collector (ODC) device is designed to attach to the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV), which provides all propulsion, tracking, and power systems. The OMV/ODC combination, the Rocket Body Retrieval Vehicle (RBRV), will match orbits with the rocket body, use a spin table to match the rotational motion of the debris, capture it, despin it, and remove it from orbit by allowing it to fall into the Earth's atmosphere. A disposal analysis is presented to show how the debris will be deorbited into the Earth's atmosphere. The conceptual means of operation of a sample mission is described.


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    Titel :

    Conceptual Design of an Orbital Debris Collector


    Beteiligte:
    P. Odonoghue (Autor:in) / B. Brenton (Autor:in) / E. Chambers (Autor:in) / T. Schwind (Autor:in) / C. Swanhart (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1991


    Format / Umfang :

    100 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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