Abstract Over the last 60 years, Space Debris has become one of the main challenges for the safe operation of satellites in low Earth orbit. To address this threat, guidelines that include a limited debris release during normal operations, minimization of the potential for on-orbit break-ups and post mission disposal have begun to be implemented. However, for the long-term, the amount of debris will still increase due to fragments created by collisions of objects in space. The active removal of space debris of at least five large objects per years is therefore recommended, but not yet included in those guidelines. Even though various technical concepts have been developed over the last years, the question on how to make them reliable and safe or how to finance such mission has not been answered. This paper addresses the first two topics. With Space Debris representing an uncooperative and possibly tumbling target, close proximity becomes absolutely critical, especially when an uninterrupted connection to the ground station is not ensured. This paper therefore defines firstly a mission to remove at least five large objects and secondly introduces a preliminary autonomy concept fitted for this mission.

    Highlights A mission concept based on the choice of removing SL-8 rocket bodies is proposed. The concept relies on a chaser satellite and multiple de-orbit kits. The presented autonomy concept is based on the 3T-architecture. It is divided into a-priori-knowledge and situational knowledge. A first simulation based on the mission architecture is displayed.


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    Titel :

    Mission concept and autonomy considerations for active Debris removal


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    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 129 ; 410-418


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016-10-07


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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