Simulating arbitrary interactions between small-scale space debris and a space-based pulsed laser system

This research investigates the performance of a space-based laser system to remove debris objects with size smaller than 10 cm. The laser system is placed in a 800 km Sun Synchronous Orbit and consists of a 20 kW laser that shoots 300 J energy pulses with a repetition frequency of 66.66 Hz. The system is able to detect and track debris...

Active small-scale space debris removal by a space-based laser

Space debris objects with sizes between 1 and 10 cm form the greatest risks for creating new collisions with active spacecraft as they are too small to track and too large to be shielded against. This research has simulated the performance of a space-based laser system on the removal of these small-scale debris objects. The selected system is...