Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal and satellite servicing

Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by sandworm101 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:17PM (#28064350)

>> the Droid would undock with the debris after dragging it to a low orbit, then orbit-raise, and go on to perform other missions.

What altitudes do you propose for this? De-orbiting something from geostationary orbit this way would take a huge amount of fuel. But deorbiting targets from lower orbits would provide little time for your droid to accelerate and avoid itself being slowed at the low end of the new orbit.

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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by tpierceturion on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:18PM (#28066442)

We've looked into both, in GEO it would be just moving to graveyard orbit, In LEO there are large objects in the 1100 km range that we'd like to bring down to ~400km before going back up.

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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by sandworm101 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @07:45PM (#28067909)

That would make the most sense.

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