Objective The goal of this project is to develop and flight test a novel, low cost/riskdeorbiting device based on a 25-m squared Solar Sail with a total mass (including the satellite platform) of 3 kg. The approach will be to modify Solar Sail deployment technology for use as a satellite and/or rocket upper stage deorbiting system. The effectiveness of such deorbiting device is predicted to be high at altitudes lower than 900 km for minisatellites (20 to 500 kg) if deorbiting time constraints of 25 years are being considered. Recent studies show an increasing probability of collisions between intact spacecraft and debris. If no countermeasures are taken, the number of debris particles will grow with a growth rate in the order of up to 5% per year. The historical practice of abandoning spacecraft and upper stages at the end of mission life has resulted in 8,500 tones of space debris in low earth orbit. The uncontrolled growth of the space debris population has to be avoided in order to enable safe operations in space for the future.However reviews by panels of independent international experts have repeatedly failed to identify a single plan which is both technically feasible in the near-term and economically viable. The consortium will design and develop a state of the art deorbiting system foe LEO satellites and upper stages with a mass less than 500 kg. The deorbiting system will be deployed after the useful time of the satellite/upper stage and will be used to remove/deorbit the object from its orbit within 25 years as required by Space Agency recommendations. An example of the kind of impact this project can have is that if one assumes that all satellites and upper stages with a mass < 500 kg launched after 2013 to 2020 would hypothetically carry the proposed deorbiting system developed by the DEOBRIT-SAIL team space, debris (> 10 cm) will be reduced by 70%. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraftengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology Programme(s) FP7-SPACE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space Topic(s) SPA.2010.2.1-04 - Space transportation for space exploration SPA.2010.2.3-2 - Security of space assets from on-orbit collisions Call for proposal FP7-SPACE-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Address Stag hill GU2 7XH Guildford United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maria Sega-Buhalis (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCORP United States EU contribution € 0,00 Address East california boulevard 1200 91125 Pasadena See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mary Gibson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS France EU contribution € 232 046,00 Address 31 rue des cosmonautes zi du palays 31402 Toulouse cedex See on map Region Occitanie Midi-Pyrénées Haute-Garonne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Herve Guenat (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany EU contribution € 400 465,00 Address Linder hohe 51147 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michael Renker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY South Africa EU contribution € 152 000,00 Address Victoria street administration b building 7600 Stellenbosch See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Willem Herman Steyn (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data PANEPISTIMIO PATRON Greece EU contribution € 102 000,00 Address University campus rio patras 265 04 Rio patras See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vassilis Kostopoulos (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS Greece EU contribution € 235 136,00 Address Artemidos 6 kai epidavrou 151 25 Maroussi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Theodore Sarris (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution € 80 000,00 Address Dumlupinar bulvari 1 06800 Ankara See on map Region Batı Anadolu Ankara Ankara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ozan Tekinalp (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Surrey Satellite Technology Limited United Kingdom EU contribution € 54 918,00 Address Stephenson road 20 GU2 7YE Guildford See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Richard Atkinson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ISIS - INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN SPACE BV Netherlands EU contribution € 232 000,00 Address Motorenweg 23 2623 CR Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jeroen Rotteveel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
