Numerical study of rocket upper stage deorbiting using passive electrodynamic tether drag
Journal Title: INCAS BULLETIN - Year 2014, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of this article is a numerical study of the possibility of deorbiting a rocket upper stage from low Earth orbit at EOM (end of mission) by means of passive electrodynamic tether drag. The article is structured as follows: the introduction presents the space debris problem in low Earth orbit and the possible methods of deorbiting spacecraft. The next part of the article describes summarily some space tether applications. The third part of the article presents the principle of operation behind passive electrodynamic tether drag. In the fourth part, this principle is detailed so as to represent the input for a numerical study for the deorbit time when using the passive electrodynamic drag concept as deorbiting application. Lastly, the results are presented and conclusions are drawn.
Authors and Affiliations
IONEL Alexandru
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP126956
- DOI 10.13111/2066-8201.2014.6.4.5
- Views 84
- Downloads 0
Subscale Winged Rocket Development and Application to Future Reusable Space Transportation
Kyushu Institute of Technology has been studying unmanned suborbital winged rocket called WIRES (WInged REusable Sounding rocket) and its research subjects concerning aerodynamics, NGC (Navigation, Guidance and Control),...
Autonomous navigation of the space debris collector
The article discusses potential use of proposed by the authors configuration of onboard system of autonomous navigation and movement control of space debris collector to operate at GSO. The relevance of this research is...
Comparison of critical behaviors of elliptic and hyperbolic quadratic algebraic equations with variable coefficients
A comparison of the behaviours of the elliptic with those of hyperbolic quadratic algebraic equations (QAEs) with free and linear variable coefficients, in vicinity of their critical surfaces is made. The critic values o...
Leading Edge Device Aerodynamic Optimization
Leading edge devices are conventionally used as aerodynamic devices that enhance performances during landing and in some cases during takeoff. The need to increase the efficiency of the aircrafts has brought the idea of...
Attitude Dynamics of a Spinning Rocket with Internal Fluid Whirling Motion
This paper evaluates the impact that helical motion of fluid products of combustion within the combustion chamber of a rocket can have on the attitude dynamics of rocket systems. By developing the study presented by Sook...