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Space Debris Capture - About New Methods of Tethered Space Net Opening by Tubular Booms Cover

Space Debris Capture - About New Methods of Tethered Space Net Opening by Tubular Booms

Artificial Satellites
Volume 59 (2024): Issue 1 (March 2024)
By: Tomasz Pałgan,  Adam Dacko,  Mirosław Rataj and  Szymon Polak  
Open Access
|Apr 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

PW-Sat2 with de-orbitation sail system opened by tubular booms (photo: https://pw-sat.pl)
PW-Sat2 with de-orbitation sail system opened by tubular booms (photo: https://pw-sat.pl)

Figure 2.

Tethered space net (TSN)
Tethered space net (TSN)

Figure 3.

Tether space system step-by-step operation. Start: stowed structure on the satellite; first step: deployment of the stiffer boom; second step: deployment of the tubular booms and opening of the net, checking the opening area; third step: contact of the net with the debris; fourth step: retracting the tubular boom, checking the closing time.
Tether space system step-by-step operation. Start: stowed structure on the satellite; first step: deployment of the stiffer boom; second step: deployment of the tubular booms and opening of the net, checking the opening area; third step: contact of the net with the debris; fourth step: retracting the tubular boom, checking the closing time.

Figure 4.

Mechanism in open configuration (photo: T. Pałgan and SRC PAS)
Mechanism in open configuration (photo: T. Pałgan and SRC PAS)

Figure 5.

Top: JUICE LPPWI (“primary”, CFRP) booms and bottom: RPWI (“secondary”, metal, thin-walled) booms, located at the end of a “primary” one
Top: JUICE LPPWI (“primary”, CFRP) booms and bottom: RPWI (“secondary”, metal, thin-walled) booms, located at the end of a “primary” one

Figure 6.

Top: modal analysis results for JUICE LPPWI (“primary” CFRP booms); bottom: modal analysis results for RPWI (“secondary”, metal, thin-walled booms)
Top: modal analysis results for JUICE LPPWI (“primary” CFRP booms); bottom: modal analysis results for RPWI (“secondary”, metal, thin-walled booms)

Figure 7.

Prototype mechanism with tubular boom in stowed (top) and deployed (bottom) configuration (photo: SRC PAS)
Prototype mechanism with tubular boom in stowed (top) and deployed (bottom) configuration (photo: SRC PAS)

Figure 8.

Finite element analysis for a deployed tubular boom under a tip load (analysis used the LS-DYNA software)
Finite element analysis for a deployed tubular boom under a tip load (analysis used the LS-DYNA software)

Figure 9.

Laboratory test of bending of a tubular open-section boom (photo: T. Pałgan)
Laboratory test of bending of a tubular open-section boom (photo: T. Pałgan)

Figure 10.

Plastic zones around the “kink” of deformation
Plastic zones around the “kink” of deformation

Figure 11.

Plastic deformation results received in a laboratory test (photo: T. Pałgan)
Plastic deformation results received in a laboratory test (photo: T. Pałgan)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2024-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 10
Submitted on: Dec 7, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 19, 2024
Published on: Apr 9, 2024
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
space debris,
tubular boom,
FEA,
structural analysis,
MSC.NASTRAN,
JUICE
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2024 Tomasz Pałgan, Adam Dacko, Mirosław Rataj, Szymon Polak, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
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