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Description
A critical part of debris neutrality within the space environment is the stability and sustainability of the earth orbits. To achieve this, the preparation and implementation of active debris removal missions in space is critical. Large LEO platforms that are currently non-cooperative prose significant risks for collisions in orbit and casualty risk to ground in an uncontrolled re-entry.
The main objective of the ERASE Phase 0 study is to investigate the design of a mission to remove a large unprepared object in LEO. For this study, two primary study cases have been identified as subject for removal: METOP-A and Sentinel-1B. In addition, the possibility of a multi-mission case (ie removal of multiple objects) is also considered.
OHB with heritage in the ADRIOS initiative, in the past with e.Deorbit and currently with ClearSpace-1, is leading one of the ERASE contracts as Prime in collaboration with Kinetik Space and Indra. The activity at the time of the event is still ongoing, with the planned achievement of the Mission Design Review Milestone before the conference.