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Designing a Robotic Vehicle for Recycling Space Debris

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The concept of a spacecraft for collecting space debris assumes that its orbit continuously changes in relation to the location of space debris in various orbits. The highest density of space debris, which is 10–6 t/km3, is observed at orbital altitudes of 800–1000 and 1400–1500 km with an inclination of 60°–80°. To this end, stable trajectories in the sense of Zhukovskii should be determined. We propose a method for selecting the orbit of a space debris collector, including a robotic spacecraft, using the theorem on the stability of trajectories in the sense of Zhukovskii.

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This article was prepared with financial support from the fund of the President of the Russian Federation (project no. NSh-1357.2022.6 “Models, Methods, and Means for Obtaining and Processing Information about Space Objects in a Wide Spectral Range of Electromagnetic Waves”).

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  1. Russian Space Systems, Moscow, Russia

    M. E. Barkova

  2. Expert and Analytical Center, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Zhukov

  3. Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Zhukov

  4. Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    I. N. Kartsan

  5. Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Russia

    I. N. Kartsan

  6. Tula State University, Tula, Russia

    V. O. Kuznetsova

  7. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Moscow, Russia

    D. V. Ulanov

  8. Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. N. Kravchenko & O. V. Barmina

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Barkova, M.E., Zhukov, A.O., Kartsan, I.N. et al. Designing a Robotic Vehicle for Recycling Space Debris. J. Mach. Manuf. Reliab. 53, 157–163 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S105261882402002X

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