A Gossamer Structures Technology Demonstrator for De-Orbiting Pico-Satellites

Dante Buckley, University of Florida
Thomas Cowan, University of Florida
Jim Van Pelt III, University of Florida

Abstract

Design of an engineering model for the Inflate-ABrake system is proposed. The device is intended to mitigate the contribution to orbital debris from small satellites by reducing their orbital lifetime after a mission. It takes the form of an add-on module consisting of a passively deployed ballute. The basic design and preliminary test results for the development of an engineering model are presented.

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Aug 10th, 11:15 AM

A Gossamer Structures Technology Demonstrator for De-Orbiting Pico-Satellites

Design of an engineering model for the Inflate-ABrake system is proposed. The device is intended to mitigate the contribution to orbital debris from small satellites by reducing their orbital lifetime after a mission. It takes the form of an add-on module consisting of a passively deployed ballute. The basic design and preliminary test results for the development of an engineering model are presented.