METHOD FOR REMOVING ORBITAL OBJECTS FROM ORBIT USING A CAPTURE NET FOR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
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Mar 28, 2013
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Sep 17, 2012
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Sep 16, 2011
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In some embodiments of the invention, methods and devices are provided that perturb a trajectory of a space-orbital object. For example, a spacecraft may be sent to a location near a space-orbital object orbiting the Earth. A net may be released from the spacecraft in a manner (e.g., with a given alignment, direction and velocity) that results in the net contacting and/or entangling with the object. This contact or entanglement may alter a velocity of the space-orbital object and thereby may alter its orbital path. In some instances, the net's velocity is sufficient to experience increase drag by the Earth's atmosphere, relative to the drag it would have otherwise experienced if the net did not contact the object.
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