REFERENCE SCENARIO AND TARGET IDENTIFICATION FOR AUTONOMOUS ACTIVE SPACE DEBRIS REMOVAL METHODS

摘要

To alleviate the threat of space debris, a combination ofrndebris mitigation measures and debris environment remediationrntechniques with regard to long-term environmentrnstability is required. Hereby, active space debrisrnremoval (ADR), which is subject to this paper, addressesrnthe latter. To evolve a concept for autonomous ADR on arnrepresentative foundation, a reference scenario placed inrnthe current Low Earth Orbit environment has been generated.rnDue to cost-effectiveness, a single mission to disposernmultiple targets is addressed. The filtering process isrnpresented and a glance on the autonomy concept of cognitivernautomation is given.