Pyrotechnic approach to space debris destruction: From thermal modeling to hypersonic wind tunnel tests

Моногаров, Константин А.; Melnikov, Igor N.; Drozdov, S. M.; Dilhan, D.; Frolov, Yu. V.; Muravyev, Nikita V.; Пивкина, Алла Н.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.03.028

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“…Yurii's interests in the field of combustion were very broad: including the ignition and combustion of metal particles and metalized solid propellants, the nanosized components for solid propellants, the microstructure of reactive solid heterogeneous systems, amongst many others [1, 3–20].…”

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Yurii V. Frolov – Leader in the Russian Combustion Community and beyond

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Propellants Explo Pyrotec

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“…Together with the colleagues from USA, he developed pyrotechnic compositions useful for “terrestrial” neutralizing landmines [15]. For “space” purposes, in collaboration with French colleagues, he worked on the destroying of space debris [16].…”

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Yurii V. Frolov – Leader in the Russian Combustion Community and beyond

Пивкина

Caveny²,

DeLuca

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Propellants Explo Pyrotec

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Simulation of the orbital decay of a spacecraft in low Earth orbit due to aerodynamic drag

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Orbiting objects in space are exposed to the risk of collision with space debris over their lifetime. Space debris orbiting in space experiences orbital decay due to various orbital perturbations. This work considers only orbital perturbations due to aerodynamic forces, which spacecraft experience due to the presence of a rarefied atmosphere, causing tumbling motion and orbital decay. Analysis of the orbital decay of a spacecraft is carried out by considering the variation of the drag coefficient as a function of its shape, motion and angle-of-attack. An in-house Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solver is modified for aerodynamic analysis of a spacecraft orbiting in the free molecular regime in low Earth orbit. In addition, an orbital dynamics model is developed to simulate the tumbling motion of a spacecraft and its orbital decay. The orbital decay trajectory is predicted for two sample spacecrafts using the aerodynamic coefficients obtained from the in-house DSMC solver as inputs to the orbital decay model. This study analyses and explores in detail the effects of the aerodynamic coefficients and shape of a spacecraft on its orbital decay.

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