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Created: 2022-02-12
Updated: 2023-03-04
Product/Service - Automated Deorbiting-Block system (PAD-B)
- Classification
- In-Space Transportation
- Category
- Active Debris Removal (ADR)
Resources - Space Debris Utilization
Hardware
- Fields
- In-Space Transportation
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- 2023
Plasma thruster based Automated Deorbiting-Block system (PAD-B)
Magdrive and the University of Southampton are investigating the feasibility of the Plasma thruster based Automated Deorbiting-Block (PAD-B) system. A mothership will carry many of these ~1 kg nano-spacecraft, which can be fired at debris from afar. These will attach and work together to autonomously bring the debris into the atmosphere to dispose of it.
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