Orbital simulation of low cost drag sail sub-system designed for LEO space debris removal

Miguel Sangregorio; Hamed Ahmadloo; Jing Rui Zhang; Kan Xie; Ning Fei Wang

doi:10.15918/j.jbit1004-0579.201625.S204

Orbital simulation of low cost drag sail sub-system designed for LEO space debris removal

Miguel Sangregorio, Hamed Ahmadloo, Jing Rui Zhang^*, Kan Xie, Ning Fei Wang

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School of Aerospace Engineering

Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Regarding the current increment of LEO space debris and its negative effect on space missions in this environment, a new removal mechanism is proposed in this paper. In the first place, this research discusses an innovative low-cost drag sail for space junk deorbiting. After that, the junk capture method and the sail deployment mechanism are introduced. An orbital simulation of the deorbiting maneuver is studied in order to understand the effect of the proposed sub-system in terms of feasibility and operation time. Details of the drag sail components and assembly, mass estimation and the calculated orbital parameters during the deorbiting phase are included.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-20
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (English Edition)
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15918/j.jbit1004-0579.201625.S204
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016

Keywords

Drag sail
Orbital simulation
Space debris
Stretch wrap
Telescopic technology

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Orbital simulation of low cost drag sail sub-system designed for LEO space debris removal

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