Design and development of space deployable system

• Main Author: Yeo, Elwin Wei Sheng
• Other Authors: Lai Changquan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167205
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A deployable deorbiting sail is a technology design aiming to remove defunct satellites and other space debris from orbit, thereby reducing the risk of collisions with operational spacecraft. The deorbiting sail works by using its drag force of the Earth’s atmosphere to slow down and lower its altitude and eventually disintegrate the defunct satellites. The sail will be stowed during the launch and deployed once the satellite reaches its destination. It is projected that over 2,600 nanosatellites will be launched into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) over the next five years [1]. Therefore, there is a need to plan for all small satellites that will be launched to space are currently in development, driving the need for a scalable and reliable deorbiting system. Deployable deorbiting sail offer a promising solution to the problem of space debris we faced these days, which has been increasingly pressure issue as more satellites are launched into the orbit.