| Title: |
The RemoveDebris ADR Mission: Launch from the ISS, Operations and Experimental Timelines |
| Authors: |
Forshaw, Jason; Aglietti, Guglielmo, S.; Salmon, Thierry; Retat, Ingo; Burgess, Christopher; Chabot, Thomas; Pisseloup, Aurélien; Phipps, Andy; Bernal, Cesar; Chaumette, François; Pollini, Alexandre; Steyn, Willem, H |
| Contributors: |
Surrey Space Centre Guildford; University of Surrey (UNIS); Airbus Safran Launchers Bordeaux; Airbus Defence and Space Bremen; Airbus Defence and Space Taufkirchen; Airbus Defence and Space Stevenage; Airbus Defence and Space Toulouse; Airbus Defence and Space Saint-Médard-en-Jalles; Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Guildford (SSTL); Innovative Solutions In Space Delft (ISIS); Sensor-based and interactive robotics (RAINBOW); Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique; Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5); Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA); Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes); Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique); Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes); Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA); Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique); Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT); Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA Neuchatel (CSEM); Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM); Stellenbosch University; European Project: 607099,EC:FP7:SPA,FP7-SPACE-2013-1,REMOVEDEBRIS(2013) |
| Source: |
IAC 2017 - 68th International Astronautical Congress ; https://inria.hal.science/hal-01877667 ; IAC 2017 - 68th International Astronautical Congress, Sep 2017, Adelaide, Australia. pp.1-9 |
| Publisher Information: |
HAL CCSD |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Collection: |
Université de Rennes 1: Publications scientifiques (HAL) |
| Subject Terms: |
debris removal; ADR; deorbiting; net; harpoon; vision-based navigation; dragsail; [INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO] |
| Subject Geographic: |
Adelaide; Australia |
| Description: |
International audience ; The EC FP7 RemoveDebris mission aims to be one of the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to demonstrate key technologies in-orbit in a cost-effective ambitious manner, including: net capture, harpoon capture, vision-based navigation, dragsail de-orbitation. The mission will utilise two CubeSats as artificial debris targets to demonstrate the technologies. In early 2018, the main 100 kg satellite will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) where it will be deployed via the NanoRacks Kaber system into an orbit of around 400 km. The mission comes to an end in 2018 with all space entities having been de-orbited. Previous papers have outlined the mission architecture and design, the demonstrations, and the test campaign. This paper continues by initially overviewing the pre-flight final configuration of the payloads and platform. The second section will focus on the specifics of the launch via Space X / NanoRacks, and compliance to the NASA safety reviews. As the satellite is being transported to the ISS as cargo, it will require manipulation by astronauts to ready it for deployment. The final section will detail the planned operational timeline, including the timeframe for the experiments, an overview of the operational sequences to be performed and the desired mission results. Future mega-satellite constellations are now being proposed, where hundreds to thousands of satellites are being launched into orbit. A coherent strategy, along with technological and platform developments, is needed for de-orbiting, re-orbiting, or servicing of such constellations. The RemoveDebris mission is a vital prerequisite to achieving the ultimate goal of a cleaner Earth orbital environment, and is a core step in the development of active removal vehicles, or on-orbit servicing vehicles of the future. |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/607099/EU/A Low Cost Active Debris Removal Demonstration Mission/REMOVEDEBRIS |
| Availability: |
https://inria.hal.science/hal-01877667; https://inria.hal.science/hal-01877667v1/document; https://inria.hal.science/hal-01877667v1/file/2017_iac_forshaw.pdf |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F4F00A2A |
| Database: |
BASE |