Electromagnetic-launch-based method for cost-efficient space debris removal
Abstract: The increase in space debris orbiting Earth is a critical problem for future space missions. Space debris removal has thus become an area of interest, and significant research progress is being made in this field. However, the exorbitant cost of space debris removal missions is a major concern for commercial space companies. We therefore propose the debris removal using electromagnetic launcher (DREL) system, a ground-based electromagnetic launch system (railgun), for space debris removal missions. The DREL system has three components: a ground-based electromagnetic launcher (GEML), suborbital vehicle (SOV), and mass of micrometer-scale dust (MSD) particles. The average cost of removing a piece of low-earth orbit space debris using DREL was found to be approximately USD 160,000. The DREL method is thus shown to be economical; the total cost to remove more than 2,000 pieces of debris in a cluster was only approximately USD 400 million, compared to the millions of dollars required to remove just one or two pieces of debris using a conventional space debris removal mission. By using DREL, the cost of entering space is negligible, thereby enabling countries to remove their space debris in an affordable manner.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Electromagnetic-launch-based method for cost-efficient space debris removal ; volume:29 ; number:1 ; year:2020 ; pages:94-106 ; extent:13
Open astronomy ; 29, Heft 1 (2020), 94-106 (gesamt 13)
- Creator
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Hou, Chongyuan
Yang, Yuan
Yang, Yikang
Yang, Kaizhong
Zhang, Xiao
Lu, Junyong
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10.1515/astro-2020-0016
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405281622487.239941521709
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Yang, Yuan
- Yang, Yikang
- Yang, Kaizhong
- Zhang, Xiao
- Lu, Junyong
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