PRE2018 4 Group9

Group members

Rob de Mooij 1017797 Ilja van Oort 1001232 Sara Tjon 1247050 Thomas Pilaet 0999458 Joris Zandeberge 1231962

Problem statement

The amount of collisions between satellites and space debris increases exponentially, due to the growing amount of space debris. Chance that a satellite collides with a piece of debris bigger than 1 cm in a year: 2007: 17-20%, 2010: 50% Consequences: no internet, no gps, costs a lot of money, space travel may become more difficult/impossible

Objectives

Analyzing the available methods to remove space debris Find methods on how to prevent new space debris (governance) Further develop a promising method

Users and their requirements

Users: Satellite owners (governments, space associations)

Requirements: re-usable quick to implement hard to abuse versatile (for both smaller and larger debris) autonomous durable affordable

Approach, milestone and deliverables

Approach: Reading papers to get a good picture of the current problem and the state-of-the-art technology Analyzing and comparing possible methods for space debris removal by looking at their pros and cons Further development of a (combination of) promising technique(s) with a model or prototype.

Milestones: week 2 determined subject defined plan week 3 find state of the art methods finished literature search week 4 determine promising method(s) week 5 basic model week 6 final model week 7 results model implement model in USE finalized wiki week 8 presentation

Deliverables Wiki page Presentation Model/prototype

Who is doing what?

Literature study All Literature analysis All Modelling Rob/Ilja/Sara Prototyping Rob/Ilja/Sara Updating wiki All Implementation USE Joris/Thomas Visualizing data/results Joris/Thomas Presentation Joris/Thomas