Deorbitsail: A deployable sail for de-orbiting
Stohlman, OR and Lappas, V (2013) Deorbitsail: A deployable sail for de-orbiting
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Deorbitsail is a collaborative project funded by the European Commission. The Deorbitsail Cubesat mission will demonstrate in-space deployment of a large thin membrane sail and drag deorbiting using this sail. The sail will be deployed from an 11-by-11-by-34-cm Cubesat platform, which will have 3-axis attitude control. A set of four gossamer booms will deploy four triangular membrane segments to form the 5-by-5-meter drag sail. The Deorbitsail design is intended for space debris prevention, although it holds potential for additional applications in aerobraking and solar sail propulsion. A 2014 launch is planned. This paper describes some of the high-level design and the ongoing engineering goals of the project. © 2013 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED) | |||||||||
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Divisions : | Surrey research (other units) | |||||||||
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Date : | 2 August 2013 | |||||||||
DOI : | 10.2514/6.2013-1806 | |||||||||
Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | |||||||||
Date Deposited : | 17 May 2017 12:57 | |||||||||
Last Modified : | 23 Jan 2020 18:13 | |||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/837387 |
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