De-Orbit Maneuver Demonstration Results of Micro-Satellite ALE-1 with a Separable Drag Sail

De-Orbit Maneuver Demonstration Results of Micro-Satellite ALE-1 with a Separable Drag Sail

ALE-1, a micro-satellite created for the demonstration of artificial shooting stars, required orbital descent before mission execution due to safety aspects in orbit. ALE-1 utilized a drag sail called SDOM (Separable De-Orbit Mechanism) for a passive de-orbit maneuver, which was successfully complet...

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Main Authors: Kohei Takeda, Toshinori Kuwahara, Takumi Saito, Shinya Fujita, Yoshihiko Shibuya, Hiromune Ishii, Lena Okajima, Tetsuya Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
micro-satellite
drag sail
de-orbit
time-of-flight camera
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7737

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