Nebula Public Library

The knowledge bank of ESA’s R&D programmes

Design for Removal: How to design S/C to support active debris removal if uncontrolled

Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
15/705-b
Contractor
Start Date
End Date
Country
Italy
Description

In the future, satellites will have to demonstrate compliance with debris mitigation requirements, covering re-entry or parking graveyard orbits and passivation. Nevertheless, during the mission, a failure could occur without any possibility to manoeuvre the satellite and achieving its compliance to the Space Debris Mitigation requirements. Therefore to anticipate the need to use ADR for deorbiting (or reorbiting) the satellite, it is interesting to evaluate the implication of adapting the satellites and launcher upper stage to support a future ADR mission.

Executive summary
Final presentation