Team Space Cadet

TEAM SPACE CADET

High-Level Project Summary

There will be a vulnerability situation to earth and space proceedings due to manmade Space debris in the future. Our Team has designed a spherical-shaped space debris collector with having high-level technical manipulation to overcome the problems of space debris in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) especially the size up to 1cm.

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G2fRD2GVExYpZBMKyW2oW1Aju8_aeGBB?usp=sharing

Link to Project "Demo"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yk8Gm0r6PAfIL9dO55btQKxFKS2Cs7ZU/view?usp=sharing

Detailed Project Description

What exactly does it do?

Our proposed space debris collector is a spherical-shaped design that is limited to collecting the debris, which are having a size of up to 1cm.

How does it work?

The launched spherical collector has debris collector tubes which are fixed with each hexagon part, turbine tubes which are fixed with each pentagon part, collector bins, a fuel supplier tank, and a camera with sensors. After launching the Spherical debris collector to LEO,

1. Initially, the camera and sensor identify the debris object and will be calculating the size and speed. The limitation of this project's spherical collector, it could be able to capture the debris with a maximum size of 1cm×1cm×1cm.

2. The spherical collector allows the identified debris to enter itself by focusing on the track of Debris. And it catches them within a very short period with the aid of mechanical and physical processes.

3. After all, the debris will be collected by the collector tank to the main collector, then the main collector launch back to the surface of the earth.

4. Subsequently, the Earth Station collects debris and recycles it, and the main collector will be launched into low Earth orbit.

What benefits does it have?

· The probability of a collision with space debris Satellites, and spacecraft can be reduced.

· Could be able to minimize the existence of invasive space junks.

· Could be able to accomplish safe space voyages in the future.

What do you hope to achieve?

Achieving a man-made debris-free environment in low Earth orbit.

What tools and software are used to develop your project?

For Model designing - Solid work, Draw.io,
For Video making - Adobe Premiere Pro, meshlab
For Presentation and report - MS Powerpoint, MS Word

Space Agency Data

Space Surveillance Network report for Debris count in LEO
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE Report for space debris collection system
9th International Symposium on Materials in a Space Environment for space debris capture process from using AEROGEL plate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Orbital Debris Collection Experiment
ESA youtube video for Space Debris Material
JAXA youtube video for Space Debris Details
Hindawi Publishing Corporation for Space debris material collectors from using aerogel
European Space Policy Institute for Space Debris Removal
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SPACE SAFETY for space debris removal
Aerospace article for space debris detail

Hackathon Journey

We are the team who participated in the last two-year space app challenges 2020 & 2021 with the name of Team Angry Bird, and Space Cadet. Last year we felt we could not present properly. In order to, we did some small changes and we came back stronger than last year and with a big concept.

After accomplishing last year's project, we got this idea with the inspiration of Astronomical and space-based youtube channels. Then we took a very broad survey about the space debris collecting process and the previous projects. We referred to many journals, books, research papers, Official websites (NASA, ESA), and Videos to get proper knowledge about the space debris collecting process. Then, we designed a spherical-shaped space debris collector with a high-level mechanism and high-end technical manipulation. We hope this plan and design would be an inducement or the primary idea in the future.

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