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Systematic space debris collection using Cubesat constellation

Norman Hubert
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Damien Giolito
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http://sharemyspace.global/index.php/research/ | Since recent space debris mitigation measures are not enforced at a global level among the community of both private and puclic satellite operators, Active space Debris Removal (ADR) will soon be needed to stabilize the amount of space junk in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), in order both to ensure the safety of future space missions and protect the human populations on Earth against uncontrolled atmospheric reentries of large space debris. Recently, many options were contemplated for ADR using various mission strategies and capture systems. Some of them are being tested by the European Union (EU) demonstration mission RemoveDebris. However, demonstration costs mount up to hundreds of millions of euros in most cases. Share My Space developed an incremental approach for systematically collecting small-sized catalogued space debris based on a constellation of 6U cubesats featuring a stereoscopic detection system combined with an integrated LIDAR, and ion thruster operated with iodine. The advantage of using a constellation is to target all the space debris around a given altitude while limiting expensive orbit inclination change maneuvers. Over its 2-year lifetime, each Cubesat can perform a rendezvous with up to 50 space debris and bring each of them to temporary storage tank in orbit for further recycling. Off-the-shelf Cubesat technologies make the demonstration process affordable. Moreover, flexible constellation management makes it easier to target the essential debris to be cleaned. Finally, SC design is scalable, allowing to capture larger space debris after technological maturation. The aim of this study is to capitalize on recent improvements and mission design for space debris removal, particularly thanks to the European e.deorbit, CleanSpace, and Remove debris missions to assess how to remove small and medium-sized space debris using a constellation of nanosatellites.
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hal-02588041 , version 1 (15-05-2020)

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Romain Lucken, Norman Hubert, Damien Giolito. Systematic space debris collection using Cubesat constellation. 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Aerospace Sciences, Jul 2017, Milan, Italy. ⟨10.13009/EUCASS2017-678⟩. ⟨hal-02588041⟩
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