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

Thu, 02/21/2019 - 18:56
Start Date: 
2015
Programme: 
Discovery
End Date: 
2017
Programme Reference: 
15/705-b
Country: 
Italy
Contractor: 
Thales Alenia Space
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.

Application Domain: 
Generic Technologies
Keywords: 
Space debris
Re-entry
Passivation
ADR
CleanSpace
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