Deployable system for space debris collection
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsDavid D. Crouch, Nathan T. Potratz
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AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsDavid D. Crouch, Nathan T. Potratz
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Space debris capture systems include an outer assembly and an inner assembly. The Outer assembly includes an outer membrane and an inner membrane, where, in a deployed state, the outer membrane is separated from the inner membrane by a separation gap. The inner assembly is arranged within the inner membrane of the outer assembly. The inner assembly is formed of a plurality of sheets of material arranged at a plurality of orientations relative to the inner membrane and define a plurality of cells within the outer assembly when in the deployed state. A first group of the cells are defined within surfaces of the plurality of sheets of material and a second group of cells are defined between the surfaces of the inner assembly and an inner surface of the inner membrane.
A space debris capture system comprising:
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