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This project aims to create and test a cost-effective deorbiting device using a solar sail, designed to safely remove small satellites and rocket stages from low Earth orbit within 25 years. By addressing the growing issue of space debris, it seeks to enhance the sustainability of space operations.
The goal of this project is to develop and flight test a novel, low cost/riskdeorbiting device based on a 25-m squared Solar Sail with a total mass (including the satellite platform) of 3 kg.
The approach will be to modify Solar Sail deployment technology for use as a satellite and/or rocket upper stage deorbiting system.
The effectiveness of such deorbiting device is predicted to be high at altitudes lower than 900 km for minisatellites (20 to 500 kg) if deorbiting time constraints of 25 years…
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCORP
United States, Pasadena
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
France, Toulouse Cedex
Type: Company (for-profit)
Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
SME: No
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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