A device to stabilize and deorbit a satellite includes a pair of coplanar masts, each one carrying at least one membrane forming an aerobraking web. The masts are fixed to the satellite along non-parallel axes. Each mast is provided on the opposite end of the satellite with a mass to generate a gravity gradient. The end of each mast is fixed to the satellite. The masts form, with the bisectrix between the masts, a fixed angle to align the bisectrix with the satellite speed vector at any altitude.
Satellite deorbiting system
2020-07-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
Synchronous orbit satellite deorbiting method and device
European Patent Office | 2020
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