Memorias de investigación
Ponencias en congresos:
The SIROCO Asteroid Deflection Demostrator
Año:2012
Áreas de investigación
  • Fisica y ciencias del espacio
Datos
Descripción
There is evidence of past Near-Earth-Objects (NEOs) impacts on Earth and several studies indicating that even relatively small objects are capable of causing large local damage, either directly or in combination with other phenomena, e.g. tsunamis. This paper describes a space mission concept to demonstrate some of the key technologies to rendezvous with an asteroid and accurately measure its trajectory during and after a deflection maneuver. The mission, called SIROCO, makes use of the recently proposed ion beam shepherd (IBS) concept where a stream of accelerated plasma ions is directed against the surface of a small NEO resulting in a net transmitted deflection force. We show that by carefully selecting the target NEO a measurable deflection can be obtained in a few weeks of continuous thrust with a small spacecraft and state of the art electric propulsion hardware. INTRODUCTION NEO impacts could be considered as the most severe of all possible natural disasters, though
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
22nd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
978-0-87703-581-7
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
29/01/2012
Fecha fin congreso
02/02/2012
Desde la página
1883
Hasta la página
1892
Título de las actas
SPACEFLIGHT MECHANICS 2012, ADVANCES IN THE ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 143
Esta actividad pertenece a memorias de investigación
Participantes
Grupos de investigación, Departamentos, Centros e Institutos de I+D+i relacionados
  • Creador: Departamento: Física Aplicada a la Ingeniería Aeronáutica