Design of spacecraft missions to remove multiple orbital debris objects

Application of multi-agent coordination methods to the design of space debris mitigation tours

“…In contrast, scenarios wherein the targets and the order of encounter are not pre-defined have, thus far, rarely been applied to the particular problem of debris mitigation, though recently Missel and Mortari have applied a genetic algorithm to path pre-planning (Missel and Mortari, 2013) and Barbee et al. examined a model of the Traveling Salesman Problem (Barbee et al, 2012). Furthermore, although not focused on debris mitigation, Ceriotti and Vasile incorporated an ant colony optimization algorithm within a scheme to generate interplanetary gravity-assist trajectories (Ceriotti and Vasile, 2010).…”

Solar electric propulsion orbital debris ferry, vehicle concept and reference mission

“…Concepts for ADR missions have been investigated in the literature, but they are often expensive missions or the concepts are not developed through to a cost estimate [5], [6]. This paper focuses on a specific approach to ADR.…”

Dynamics and configuration control of the Maneuvering-Net Space Robot System

“…Significant growth of the orbital debris began with the explosion of a man-made spacecraft which created more than 300 traceable objects in 1961 [2]. From then on, the steady increasing of the orbital debris population has never stopped.…”

“…(2) The flexible tether-net capture system can deal with any orbital debris, and multi-objects capture operation can also be performed. However, the Space Tether-Net system cannot deal with remote target.…”