Final payload test results for the RemoveDebris active debris removal mission

Forshaw, Jason; Aglietti, Guglielmo S.; Salmon, Thierry; Retat, Ingo; Roe, M. H.; Burgess, Chris; Chabot, Thomas; Pisseloup, Aurélien; Phipps, Andy; Bernal, Cesar; Chaumette, François; Pollini, A.; Steyn, Willem J.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.06.003

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“…The test simulated the complete mission sequence of the Net Capture Payload in-cluding ejection of lid and net and closure of net via motors. Since progress demonstrated in [52], [6], post-environmental testing, the payload was sent for integration in the platform. The full SEET deployment was conducted using the FM platform but with an EQM net, as the FM is a single-use deployment…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Apart from a general consideration of the mission design, only elements of testing that differ from a conventional mission will be examined. For more details about the mission design evolution refer to: website [2], first major mission paper [3], mission analysis [4], functional and environmental experimental results [5], [6], former mission and launch update [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 1: From concept to launch

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This is the first of two companion papers that describe the development of the RemoveDEBRIS; mission. This first article focusses on the mission design and hardware development up to the delivery of the spacecraft to the launch authority. The Secord article describes the in-orbit operations. The European Commission funded RemoveDebris mission has been the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to demonstrate, in orbit, some cost effective key technologies, including net and harpoon capture; and elements of the whole sequence of operations, like the vision-based navigation, ultimately planning to terminate the mission with the deployment of the dragsail to de-orbit the craft. The mission has utilized two 2U CubeSats as artificial debris targets released from the main 100 kg satellite, to demonstrate the various technologies. This paper examines the design of the mission from initial concepts through to Manufacture, Assembly Integration and Testing of the payloads, up to launch, and apart from a general consideration of the mission, will focus on the elements of design and testing that differ from a conventional mission.

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The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 1: From concept to launch

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“…The background to the development of the RemoveDEBRIS mission, is discussed in detail in [1], [2] and the companion article [3] to this paper, where the design and testing of the spacecraft hardware, is also described. Various updates on the development of the mission were given periodically at the leading international conferences [4], [5], [6], [7] and [8]. To avoid repetitions, this article focuses on the in-orbit operations, and this brief introduction puts the work into context.…”

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The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 2: In orbit operations

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This is the second of two companion papers that describe the development of the RemoveDEBRIS space mission. This second article describes the in-orbit operations that were performed to demonstrate technologies to be used for the active removal of space debris, whereas the first paper described the development of the satellite's hardware. The RemoveDebris mission has been the world's first Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission to successfully demonstrate, in orbit, some cost effective technologies, including net and harpoon capture; and elements of the whole sequence of operations, like the visionbased navigation. The satellite was launched the 2 nd of April 2018, to the International Space Station (ISS) and from there, on the 20 th of June 2018, was deployed via the NanoRacks Kaber system into an orbit of 405 km altitude. During the mission, two 2U CubeSats have been released by the mothercraft platform as artificial debris targets, to demonstrate net capture and cameras to be used for vision based navigation. Harpoon capture has been demonstrated by deploying a target and then firing at it a harpoon tethered to the platform. The various phases of the missions have been monitored using relevant telemetry and video cameras, and this paper reports the results of the various demonstrations.

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“…It is acknowledged that for any new proposed space technology, in-orbit demonstration is a significant stepping stone to de-risk the final implementation. The RemoveDEBRIS mission discussed in this article and other publications (27)(28)(29)(30) has been the first mission to perform successfully in-orbit demonstrations of a series of technologies for ADR thus de-risking their future industrial implementation.…”

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RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris

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The RemoveDEBRIS mission has been the first mission to successfully demonstrate, in-orbit, a series of technologies that can be used for the active removal of space debris. The mission started late in 2014 and was sponsored by a grant from the EC that saw a consortium led by the Surrey Space Centre to develop the mission, from concept to in-orbit demonstrations, that terminated in March 2019. Technologies for the capture of large space debris, like a net and a harpoon, have been successfully tested together with hardware and software to retrieve data on non-cooperative target debris kinematics from observations carried out with on board cameras. The final demonstration consisted of the deployment of a drag-sail to increase the drag of the satellite to accelerate its demise.

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Final payload test results for the RemoveDebris active debris removal mission

Cited by 40 publications

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The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 1: From concept to launch

The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 1: From concept to launch

The active space debris removal mission RemoveDebris. Part 2: In orbit operations

RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit demonstration of technologies for the removal of space debris

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