Life cycle assessment indicator for space debris
Life cycle assessment indicator for space debris
In the framework of space debris remediation and mitigation and eco-design of space systems, a design indicator is proposed to measure the management of
end-of-life options and to compare different design options of a space mission from the perspective of the impacts of space debris. Such an indicator measures the orbital space occupied by missions, seen as a resource used, the risk induced by collisions with operational spacecraft and space debris, the potential of breakup due to non-complete passivation, and the casualty risk on ground. A procedure to include this indicator in the eco-design framework of space missions to be used in preliminary design studies is proposed. This requires the
normalisation of each term and their weighting to obtain a single score indicator. Different end-of-life scenarios are considered for selected satellites in low Earth orbit and the single terms of the indicator are calculated and compared.
Colombo, Camilla
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Trisolini, Mirko
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Lewis, Hugh G.
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Lemmens, Stijn
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18 April 2017
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Trisolini, Mirko
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Lewis, Hugh G.
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Chanoine, Augustin
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Duvernois, Pierre-Alexis
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Austin, Julian
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Lemmens, Stijn
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Colombo, Camilla, Letizia, Francesca, Trisolini, Mirko, Lewis, Hugh G., Chanoine, Augustin, Duvernois, Pierre-Alexis, Austin, Julian and Lemmens, Stijn
(2017)
Life cycle assessment indicator for space debris.
7th European Conference on Space Debris, , Darmstadt, Germany.
18 - 21 Apr 2017.
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Abstract
In the framework of space debris remediation and mitigation and eco-design of space systems, a design indicator is proposed to measure the management of
end-of-life options and to compare different design options of a space mission from the perspective of the impacts of space debris. Such an indicator measures the orbital space occupied by missions, seen as a resource used, the risk induced by collisions with operational spacecraft and space debris, the potential of breakup due to non-complete passivation, and the casualty risk on ground. A procedure to include this indicator in the eco-design framework of space missions to be used in preliminary design studies is proposed. This requires the
normalisation of each term and their weighting to obtain a single score indicator. Different end-of-life scenarios are considered for selected satellites in low Earth orbit and the single terms of the indicator are calculated and compared.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 December 2016
Published date: 18 April 2017
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Related publications:
Letizia, F. et al (2017). Extending the ECOB space debris index with fragmentation risk estimation. Paper presented at 7th Space Debris Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
Letizia, F. et al (2017). Development of a debris index. In Stardust Final Conference - Advances in Asteroids and Space Debris Engineering and Science. Springer.
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7th European Conference on Space Debris, , Darmstadt, Germany, 2017-04-18 - 2017-04-21
Organisations:
Aeronautics, Astronautics & Comp. Eng, Astronautics Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411723
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Camilla Colombo
Author:
Francesca Letizia
Author:
Mirko Trisolini
Author:
Augustin Chanoine
Author:
Pierre-Alexis Duvernois
Author:
Julian Austin
Author:
Stijn Lemmens
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