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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yukihito Kitazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Aritsune Kawabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kozue Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Sonehara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Uji, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Ayumi Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
IHI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.