... at the end of their missions to perform deorbiting manoeuvres, and hence self-deorbiting is often not possible. As such, ADR by means of remover spacecraft seems to be inevitable. In the net removal method a net is deployed towards the target which...
... efficient method of debris mitigation is Active Debris Removal (ADR) Items 6 and 7 of the Space Debris Mitigation... from an examination of the two space debris mitigation solutions - ADR and OOS - is the existence of cooperative or non-cooperative ...
... outer space. Future generations do too. Yet, international inaction persists. Why? At least partially, the projected costs of ADR and the potential exposure to liability for parties concerned figure into negative decision-making. Necessary technical...
... a tow-truck service – formally known as active debris removal (ADR) - is required. To perform this service, a robotic spacecraft ...the capture mechanisms must avoid touching the appendages. Making ADR a reality not only requires such challenges to be...
... be used for additional tasks such as supporting low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations and active-debris-removal (ADR) missions. The diminutive craft’s longer term uses could also include support for asteroid-mining, deep...
...studying 100-year evolution models, waiting for someone to develop ADR solutions, or hoping that massive collisions will not occur. In...massively catastrophic collision? Can we enhance the utility of ADR operations? And, can we respond to an individual...