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Investigation Of Interplanetary Trajectories To Sedna, John W. Sarappo Iii, Samuel Brickley, Iliane Domenech, Lorenzo Franceschetti, James E. Lyne
Investigation Of Interplanetary Trajectories To Sedna, John W. Sarappo Iii, Samuel Brickley, Iliane Domenech, Lorenzo Franceschetti, James E. Lyne
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Project Scrappie (Clear Constellation), Jacob Bertram, Jacob Britt, Bill Ngo, Mike Diesing
Project Scrappie (Clear Constellation), Jacob Bertram, Jacob Britt, Bill Ngo, Mike Diesing
Senior Design Project For Engineers
Clear Constellation™ is a nationwide competition hosted by Rubicon® to combat the growing problem of space debris in Low Earth Orbit. Project Scrappie is our team’s solution to this problem. Scrappie is an autonomous apparatus will make use of Whipple shield technology to collide with debris at high velocities and effectively destroy the debris throughout selected orbital paths.
Thermal Vacuum Chamber Refurbishment And Analysis, Adrian Michael Williams
Thermal Vacuum Chamber Refurbishment And Analysis, Adrian Michael Williams
Master's Theses
Spacecraft are subject to different environments while on orbit around the Earth and beyond. One of the most critical of these environments that must be counteracted is the thermal environment. Each spacecraft has an operating temperature that is specified in the mission requirements. The requirement stems from internal component operating temperatures that are critical to mission success. Prior to placing the spacecraft in orbit, engineers must be sure that the spacecraft will survive or risk losing the mission entirely.
The primary way to mitigate this risk is to use a thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC). The chamber is designed to resemble …
A Survey Of Mission Opportunities To Trans-Neptunian Objects – Part Ii, Ashley M. Gleaves
A Survey Of Mission Opportunities To Trans-Neptunian Objects – Part Ii, Ashley M. Gleaves
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Formulation Of An Optimal Search Strategy For Space Debris At Geo, Daniel J. Jackson
Formulation Of An Optimal Search Strategy For Space Debris At Geo, Daniel J. Jackson
Master's Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to create a search strategy to find orbital debris when the object fails to appear in the sky at its predicted location. This project is for NASA Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris Program Office through the MODEST (Michigan Orbital Debris Survey Telescope) program. This thesis will build upon the research already done by James Biehl in “Formulation of a Search Strategy for Space Debris at GEO.” MODEST tracks objects at a specific right ascension and declination. A circular orbit assumption is then used to predict the location of the object at a later time. …