TY - GEN
T1 - EDDE, Electrodynamic Debris Eliminator
T2 - 4th IAASS Conference 'Making Safety Matter'
AU - Pearson, Jerome
AU - Levin, Eugene
AU - Oldson, John
AU - Carroll, Joseph
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE) is a solar-powered propellantless space vehicle that can change its altitude by hundreds of kilometers per day and its orbital plane by degrees per day. It can thrust constantly, producing hundreds of kilometers per second delta-V in years of active maneuvering. A dozen EDDE vehicles could remove all of the 2,500 dangerous debris objects over 2 kg from LEO orbits in less than 7 years and make LEO much safer for the operational spacecraft. To support operations of new kinds of space vehicles like EDDE, space traffic management must be taken to a new level, because these vehicles have to constantly maneuver between the orbits of multiple operational satellites and debris objects, making the space traffic picture very dynamic. Flight tests are planned to demonstrate orbit changes and to evaluate and improve tracking, navigation and control methods.
AB - The ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE) is a solar-powered propellantless space vehicle that can change its altitude by hundreds of kilometers per day and its orbital plane by degrees per day. It can thrust constantly, producing hundreds of kilometers per second delta-V in years of active maneuvering. A dozen EDDE vehicles could remove all of the 2,500 dangerous debris objects over 2 kg from LEO orbits in less than 7 years and make LEO much safer for the operational spacecraft. To support operations of new kinds of space vehicles like EDDE, space traffic management must be taken to a new level, because these vehicles have to constantly maneuver between the orbits of multiple operational satellites and debris objects, making the space traffic picture very dynamic. Flight tests are planned to demonstrate orbit changes and to evaluate and improve tracking, navigation and control methods.
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SN - 9789292212445
T3 - European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
BT - Proceedings of the 4th IAASS Conference - Making Safety Matter
Y2 - 19 May 2010 through 21 May 2010
ER -