Development of spacecraft deorbit technology using electrodynamic tether

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The fast growing numbers of non-operational satellites, spent rockets and other debris produced objects and the relatively concentrated distribution of the space debris in orbits make the space around the Earth extremely crowded, especially in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Every year, new satellites have been launched into orbits around the Earth adds to the burgeoning profusion of space debris. Fragmentation of debris due to tidal forces or collisions makes the problem worse by increasing the number of stray particles, whose orbits become increasingly harder to track and predict as their spatial density increases and size decreases. This will eventually lead to a collisional cascading effect, known as the Kessler Syndrome, which could eventually render certain orbits completely useless for generations. The objective of the engage program is to form a