Current protection techniques leave spacecraft vulnerable to objects between approximately 1 and 10 cm. This paper summarizes the conceptual design of a space vehicle with the objective of shielding spacecraft from objects in this range of sizes, which was made to study the feasibility of such a method for spacecraft protection. The design was divided into three stages: first, using SPH simulations, a multi-layer shield capable of defeating large projectiles was designed; next, a deployment mechanism that allowed the shield to be stored compactly for launch was designed and analyzed using a vector-based kinematics and dynamics method; finally, a general design of the service module was made. The final design has feasible dimensions for a spacecraft to be placed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and consists of an eight-layer shield with an umbrella-inspired deployment mechanism.


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    Titel :

    Conceptual Design of an “Umbrella” Spacecraft for Orbital Debris Shielding


    Beteiligte:
    Sgobba, Tommaso (Herausgeber:in) / Rongier, Isabelle (Herausgeber:in) / Thomson, Daniel M. (Autor:in) / Cherniaev, Aleksandr (Autor:in) / Telichev, Igor (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Space Safety is No Accident ; Kapitel : 5 ; 41-47


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2015


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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