Ihi Corporation

Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd.

Masaru Uji

Shinya Morita

Mitsuharu Sonehara

Aritsune Kawabe

Kozue Hashimoto

Yukihito Kitazawa

Katsuaki Nomura

Ayumi Nakanishi

Provided are a space debris removing device and a method which enable easy installation of a deceleration device to space debris undergoing a tumbling motion. The space debris removing device includes: a propulsion device () for performing approach and attitude control on target debris (); a capture device () having a harpoon () which can be ejected toward the target debris (); an observation device () for calculating a capture position (E) and a capture attitude at which the harpoon () can be driven into a tank () (hollow portion) of the target debris () by observing a motion of the target debris (); a deceleration device () directly or indirectly connected to the harpoon (), for decelerating the target debris (); and a body part () on which the propulsion device (), the capture device (), the observation device (), and the deceleration device () are mounted.

Space debris removing device and space debris removing method

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Tokyo, Japan

Masaru Uji