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Conceptual Design of an “Umbrella” Spacecraft for Orbital Debris Shielding

Authors : Daniel M. Thomson, Aleksandr Cherniaev, Igor Telichev

Published in: Space Safety is No Accident

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Current protection techniques leave spacecraft vulnerable to objects between approximately 1 and 10 cm. This paper summarizes the conceptual design of a space vehicle with the objective of shielding spacecraft from objects in this range of sizes, which was made to study the feasibility of such a method for spacecraft protection. The design was divided into three stages: first, using SPH simulations, a multi-layer shield capable of defeating large projectiles was designed; next, a deployment mechanism that allowed the shield to be stored compactly for launch was designed and analyzed using a vector-based kinematics and dynamics method; finally, a general design of the service module was made. The final design has feasible dimensions for a spacecraft to be placed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and consists of an eight-layer shield with an umbrella-inspired deployment mechanism.

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Metadata
Title
Conceptual Design of an “Umbrella” Spacecraft for Orbital Debris Shielding
Authors
Daniel M. Thomson
Aleksandr Cherniaev
Igor Telichev
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Space Safety is No Accident

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-15981-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-15982-9

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15982-9_5

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