A method for collecting orbital debris comprises detecting a piece of orbital debris approaching a front end of a debris collecting apparatus. An electromagnet is activated and acts to slow or stop rotation of the orbital debris and to attract the orbital debris to the collecting zone. The orbital debris is secured and the orbit of the debris collecting apparatus is changed to a decaying orbit in order to move the debris collecting apparatus out of LEO and closer to Earth. The debris collecting apparatus remains in the decaying orbit until a predetermined altitude is reached at which point the orbital debris is released from the collecting zone to continue along the decaying orbit such that it enters Earth's atmosphere. The debris collecting apparatus is then moved out of the decaying orbit and returned to a stable LEO.


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    Titel :

    Debris collecting apparatus and related method


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    25.06.2024


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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