Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Feb 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aipc..552..433b&link_type=abstract
Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 2001. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 552, pp. 433-444 (2001).
Statistics
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Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, Observatories And Site Testing, Artificial Earth Satellites
Scientific paper
EDOARD (Electrodynamic De-Orbiting And Re-entry Device) exploits the basic concepts of electrodynamic drag on conductive tethers to de-boost LEO spacecraft efficiently and reliably. The system is jointly developed by Alenia Spazio and the University ``La Sapienza'' in view of potential commercial exploitation. The technical design of the system will be completed by February 2001. The system is based on a short tether (4-5 Km length) and a large passive electron collector (up to 10 m diameter). The configuration ensures de-orbiting times per unit mass from a circular, 1500 km altitude, 55 degree inclination of about 0.09 day/kg (i.e., 6 months for 2000 kg spacecraft). For low inclination orbits the de-orbiting times are shorter by about a factor of three. The engineering design is driven by low mass (35 kg) and high reliability (0.95 minimum) requirements. The innovative approach has tackled four critical issues: 1) the deployment mechanism, which ensures a purely passive extension of the tether under extremely small gravity gradients; 2) the tether structure and configuration, which must guarantee a very high survivability to impacts from artificial and natural debris; 3) the inflatable passive electron collector, which increases the efficiency of the system while reducing the tether length and 4) an electrodynamic control of the tether librations, which limits the potentially destructive effects of the inherent dynamical instability of the system under the forcing magnetic torque, while preserving high de-orbiting efficiencies. .
Bruno Christophe
Bussolino Luigi
Iess Luciano
Licata R.
Schirone Luigi
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