A method and satellite for capture-less management of orbital debris objects, include controlling a satellite having opposing thrusters to be maintained at a predetermined distance from an orbital debris object to be managed, i.e., paired with the orbital debris object. Management may include fine tracking of the orbital debris object and/or operating the opposing thrusters to apply force to the orbital debris object to generate a model of the orbital debris object, to change the attitude of the orbital debris object, to deorbit the orbital debris object, and/or breakup the orbital debris object.
Capture-less orbital debris management system (CODMS), method, and CODMS satellite
2025-04-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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