An aerostable drag-sail device for the deorbit and disposal of sub-tonne, low earth orbit spacecraft
There is an increasing amount of debris in low Earth orbit arising from the disintegration and collision of old spacecraft which have not been removed from orbit. A ‘bolt-on’ deorbit device to be attached to new spacecraft is therefore proposed, which would deploy an aerostable drag sail at end-of-l...
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Cranfield University
2006
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438952 |