REMOVEDEBRIS: An In-Orbit Active Debris Removal Demonstration Mission

Jason Forshaw 1 Guglielmo Aglietti 1 Nimal Navarathinam 2 Haval Kadhem 2 Thierry Salmon 3 Aurélien Pisseloup 3 Eric Joffre 3 Thomas Chabot 3 Ingo Retat 3 Robert Axthelm 3 Simon Barraclough 3 Andrew Ratcliffe 3 Cesar Bernal 4 François Chaumette 5 Alexandre Pollini 6 Willem Steyn 7
1 Surrey Space Centre [Guildford]
2 Surrey Satellite Technology (UNITED KINGDOM)
3 Airbus Defence and Space
4 Innovative Solutions In Space [Delft]
5 Lagadic - Visual servoing in robotics, computer vision, and augmented reality
CRISAM - Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée , Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique , IRISA-D5 - SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE
6 CSEM - Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA
7 Université de Stellenbosch
Abstract : Since the beginning of the space era, a significant amount of debris has progressively been generated. Most of the objects launched into space are still orbiting the Earth and today these objects represent a threat as the presence of space debris incurs risk of collision and damage to operational satellites. A credible solution has emerged over the recent years: actively removing debris objects by capturing them and disposing of them. This paper provides an update to the mission baseline and concept of operations of the EC FP7 RemoveDEBRIS mission drawing on the expertise of some of Europe's most prominent space institutions in order to demonstrate key active debris remove (ADR) technologies in a low-cost ambitious manner. The mission will consist of a microsatellite platform (chaser) that ejects 2 CubeSats (targets). These targets will assist with a range of strategically important ADR technology demonstrations including net capture, harpoon capture and vision-based navigation using a standard camera and LiDAR. The chaser will also host a drag sail for orbital lifetime reduction. The mission baseline has been revised to take into account feedback from international and national space policy providers in terms of risk and compliance and a suitable launch option is selected. A launch in 2017 is targeted. The RemoveDEBRIS mission aims to be one of the world's first in-orbit demonstrations of key technologies for active debris removal and is a vital prerequisite to achieving the ultimate goal of a cleaner Earth orbital environment.
Keywords : vision-based navigation net harpoon debris removal ADR deorbiting dragsail
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Acta Astronautica, Elsevier, 2016, 127, pp.448-463. 〈10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.06.018〉
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Jason Forshaw, Guglielmo Aglietti, Nimal Navarathinam, Haval Kadhem, Thierry Salmon, et al.. REMOVEDEBRIS: An In-Orbit Active Debris Removal Demonstration Mission. Acta Astronautica, Elsevier, 2016, 127, pp.448-463. 〈10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.06.018〉. 〈hal-01342268〉

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