LEOSWEEP
Improving Low Earth Orbit Security With Enhanced Electric Propulsion
| Coordinatore | SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS S.A.
Organization address
address: AVENIDA ZUGAZARTE 56 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 2˙906˙707 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙999˙447 € |
| Programma | FP7-SPACE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space |
| Code Call | FP7-SPACE-2013-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-10-21 - 2016-11-01 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS S.A.
Organization address
address: AVENIDA ZUGAZARTE 56 contact info |
ES (GETXO) | coordinator | 369˙858.83 |
| 2 |
TransMIT Gesellschaft fuer Technologietransfer mbH
Organization address
address: Kerkrader Strasse 3 contact info |
DE (GIESSEN) | participant | 369˙470.00 |
| 3 |
INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL MECHANICS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE AND THE STATE SPACE AGENCY OF UKRAINE
Organization address
address: BUL LESHKO POPEL 15 contact info |
UA (DNIPROPETROVSK) | participant | 249˙831.20 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
Organization address
address: Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 189˙914.43 |
| 5 |
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV
Organization address
address: Linder Hoehe contact info |
DE (KOELN) | participant | 186˙263.66 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Organization address
address: CALLE MADRID 126 contact info |
ES (GETAFE (MADRID)) | participant | 164˙734.38 |
| 7 |
DEIMOS ENGENHARIA S.A.
Organization address
address: AVENIDA D JOAO II LOTE 1 17 01 Torre Zen 10 contact info |
PT (LISBOA) | participant | 149˙988.00 |
| 8 |
YUZHNOYE DESIGN OFFICE NAMED AFTER MIKHAIL YANGEL
Organization address
address: Krivorozhskaya 3 contact info |
UA (Dniepropetrovsk) | participant | 139˙608.20 |
| 9 |
INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW CENTER TO THE INSTITUTE OF STATE AND LAW NAMED AFTER V.M. KORETSKY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE
Organization address
address: BUL TERESCHENKIVSKA - SHEVCHENKIVSKY DISTRICT 2 contact info |
UA (KYIV) | participant | 89˙344.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Organization address
address: Highfield contact info |
UK (SOUTHAMPTON) | participant | 49˙960.50 |
| 11 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 40˙473.80 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The total mass of space debris in the low Earth orbit region is estimated to be close to 2,500 tons. About half of this mass is composed by rocket upper stages clustered in high inclination orbital regions. Because they are grouped in a relatively small number of families, acquiring the capability to deorbit just a few upper stage types would lead the way towards the elimination of hundreds of tons of debris material in the future. The goal of the LEOSWEEP project (improving Low Earth Orbit Security With Enhanced Electric Propulsion) is to demonstrate the technological feasibility of a first active removal mission of a Ukrainian rocket upper stage, prove its economic viability, and propose a convincing legal and policy implementation to “kick-start” large-scale active debris removal activities in Ukraine, Europe and other space faring nations in the future. The recently proposed Ion Beam Shepherd (IBS) concept is employed as the key removal technology where the use of ionic beams provide an efficient and low-risk contactless manipulation of the debris to be deorbited. In order to prove the feasibility of the proposed solution and prepare for its future implementation a series of key milestones will be achieved: (1) a detailed understanding of the physics underlining the concept, (2) the identification of key technological challenges and concrete solutions (3) the assessment of the concept capability in dealing with large-scale removal operations (4) the development of ground-based laboratory experiments, (5) the definition of a clear technology and policy development roadmap, (6) the pre-phase A design of a small technology demonstration mission and (7) the exploitation and dissemination of the proposal outcomes. A world-class international team of universities and industrial partners from Europe and Ukraine has been formed in order to perform this study with a high level of theoretical and technical expertise in all relevant fields.'