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| As a fundamental contribution to limiting the increase of debris in the Space environment, a three-year project started on 1 November 2010 financed by the European Commission under the FP-7 Space Programme. It aims at developing a universal system to be carried on board future satellites launched into low Earth orbit (LEO), to allow de-orbiting at end of life. The operational system involves a conductive tape-tether left bare of insulation to establish anodic contact with the ambient plasma as a giant Langmuir probe. The project will size the three disparate dimensions of a tape for a selected de-orbit mission and determine scaling laws to allow system design for a general mission. It will implement control laws to restrain tether dynamics inl off the orbital plane; and will carry out plasma chamber measurements and numerical simulations of tether-plasma interaction. The project also involves the design and manufacturing of subsystems: electron-ejecting plasma contactors, an electric control and power module, interface elements, tether and deployment mechanisms, tether tapel end-mass as well as current collection plus free-fall, and hypervelocity impact tests. | |
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Internacional
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DOI
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10.2769/31208 |
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Editorial del Libro
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European Union, 2012 |
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ISBN
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978-92-79-22207-8 |
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Serie
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Título del Libro
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Let's embrace space, Vol. II |
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Desde página
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506 |
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Hasta página
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513 |