Development of spacecraft deorbit technology using electrodynamic tether

无法运行的卫星、废弃火箭和其他碎片产生的物体数量迅速增加，空间碎片在轨道上相对集中分布，这使得地球周围的空间极其拥挤，特别是在近地轨道(LEO)。每年，都有新的卫星被发射到地球轨道上，增加了迅速增长的太空碎片的数量。由于潮汐力量或碰撞造成的碎片碎片增加了散落粒子的数量，从而使问题变得更加严重。随着空间密度的增加和大小的减少，散落粒子的轨道变得越来越难以跟踪和预测。这最终将导致被称为凯斯勒综合症的碰撞级联效应，最终可能使某些轨道在几代人的时间内完全无用。接洽计划的目标是形成一个

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