Multiple removal of spent rocket upper stages with an ion beam shepherd
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01/08/2013
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Resumo |
Among the many advantages of the recently proposed ion beam shepherd (IBS) debris removal technique is the capability to deal with multiple targets in a single mission. A preliminary analysis is here conducted in order to estimate the cost in terms of spacecraft mass and total mission time to remove multiple large-size upper stages of the Zenit family. Zenit-2 upper stages are clustered at 71 degrees inclination around 850 km altitude in low Earth orbit. It is found that a removal of two targets per year is feasible with a modest size spacecraft. The most favorable combinations of targets are outlined. |
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application/pdf |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos (UPM) |
Relação |
http://oa.upm.es/33302/1/Claudio.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/null |
Direitos |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Fonte |
Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Space Debris | 6th European Conference on Space Debris | 22/04/2013 - 25/04/2013 | Darmstadt, Germany |
Palavras-Chave | #Aeronáutica #Física |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Ponencia en Congreso o Jornada PeerReviewed |