By Lucy Birmingham Other private-sector players joining the space cleanup competition include California-based Global Aerospace Corporation. The company is now developing its Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device (GOLD), designed to de-orbit satellites and large orbital debris. The patented system uses an ultra-thin balloon “envelope” that attaches to debris and inflates with gas. The resulting atmospheric drag enables the ultralight balloon to lower the […]
Engineering.com In the case of the orbital space debris mitigation and remediation ECE, the team will work with Nicola SarziAmadè and Global Aerospace Corporation to utilize the company’s Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device to deorbit debris in space.Zielinski described an ECE as “a place where a wide variety of groups of people with the same interest and different disciplines […]
By Lucy Birmingham – The Journal Other private-sector players joining the space cleanup competition include California-based Global Aerospace Corporation. The company is now developing its Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device (GOLD), designed to de-orbit satellites and large orbital debris. The patented system uses an ultra-thin balloon “envelope” that attaches to debris and inflates with gas. The […]
In the case of the orbital space debris mitigation and remediation ECE, the team will work with Nicola Sarzi-Amadè and Global Aerospace Corporation to utilize the company’s Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device to deorbit debris in space.Zielinski described an ECE as “a place where a wide variety of groups of people with the same interest and different disciplines can […]
In the case of the orbital space debris mitigation and remediation ECE, the team will work with Nicola Sarzi-Amadè and Global Aerospace Corporation to utilize the company’s Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device to deorbit debris in space.Zielinski described an ECE as “a place where a wide variety of groups of people with the same interest and […]
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Deorbit concepts have been proposed for dealing with the growing problems posed by orbital debris. Most devices use large structures that interact with the atmosphere, magnetic field, or solar environment to deorbit large objects more rapidly than natural decay. Some devices may be better than others relative to the likelihood of collisions during their use. Current guidelines attempt […]
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GAC was featured in Fast Company Magazine regarding GOLD (Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device) and the methods to clean up Space Junk. From the article: Space junk is everything from spent rocket upper-stages that measure meters across, to lost bags of tools let go astronauts, to shattered Chinese satellites to flecks of paint moving at 25 […]
An inflatable de-orbit system that accelerates natural orbit decay by orders of magnitude is discussed