LARAMOTIONS: A conceptual study on laser networks for near-term collision avoidance for space debris in the low Earth orbit

Stefan Scharring; Heiko Dreyer; Gerd Wagner; Jürgen Kästel; Paul Wagner; Ewan Schafer; Wolfgang Riede; Christoph Bamann; Urs Hugentobler; Pawel Lejba; Tomasz Suchodolski; Egon Döberl; Dietmar Weinzinger; Wolfgang Promper; Tim Flohrer; Srinivas Setty; Igor Zayer; Andrea Di Mira; Emiliano Cordelli

doi:10.1364/AO.432160

LARAMOTIONS: A conceptual study on laser networks for near-term collision avoidance for space debris in the low Earth orbit

Stefan Scharring
, Heiko Dreyer
, Gerd Wagner
, Jürgen Kästel
, Paul Wagner
, Ewan Schafer
, Wolfgang Riede
, Christoph Bamann
, Urs Hugentobler
, Pawel Lejba
, Tomasz Suchodolski
, Egon Döberl
, Dietmar Weinzinger
, Wolfgang Promper
, Tim Flohrer
, Srinivas Setty
, Igor Zayer
, Andrea Di Mira
, Emiliano Cordelli

Associate Professorship of Satellite Geodesy

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Technical University of Munich
Vyoma GmbH
Centrum Badan Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk (CBK PAN)
ASA Astrosysteme GmbH
European Space Agency – European Space Operations Center (ESA/ESOC)
GMV Gmbh

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Abstract

A conceptual study has been carried out on laser station networks to enhance Space Situational Awareness and contribute to collision avoidance in the low Earth orbit by high-precision laser tracking of debris objects and momentum transfer via photon pressure from ground-based high-power lasers. Depending on the network size, geographical distribution of stations, orbit parameters, and remaining time to conjunction, multipass irradiation enhances the efficiency of photon momentum coupling by 1–2 orders of magnitude and has the potential to eventually yield a promisingly significant reduction of the collision rate in low Earth orbit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	H24-H36
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	60
Issue number	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.432160
State	Published - 1 Nov 2021

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Scharring, S., Dreyer, H., Wagner, G., Kästel, J., Wagner, P., Schafer, E., Riede, W., Bamann, C., Hugentobler, U., Lejba, P., Suchodolski, T., Döberl, E., Weinzinger, D., Promper, W., Flohrer, T., Setty, S., Zayer, I., Mira, A. D., & Cordelli, E. (2021). LARAMOTIONS: A conceptual study on laser networks for near-term collision avoidance for space debris in the low Earth orbit. Applied Optics, 60(31), H24-H36. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.432160

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