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ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE) Vehicle
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Vision - Achieve a safe environment in low Earth orbit (LEO)
- Reduce the risks to space
travelers and valuable space assets
- Do this by actively removing dangerous debris objects
- Prevent debris
“runaway” from collisions of current debris
Popular Movie - EDDE is featured on the DVD of the major motion picture
“Gravity”
- Gravity stars Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, and Ed Harris as the voice of mission control
- Copyright by Warner Brothers, 2013; available at video retailers everywhere
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Technology Based on the use of our electrodynamic thruster for space propulsion, achieve: - Propellantless, reusable
space vehicles with virtually unlimited delta-V
- Maneuverable over all of low Earth orbit
- Compact and lightweight—just
100 kg (220 lb), packs into 0.11 m3 (4 ft3)
- Captures debris with lightweight nets
Debris Removal Simulation
This simulation shows a fleet of 12 EDDE vehicles cleaning up LEO in less than 7 years: Debris objects (red boxes) are plotted by altitude and inclination EDDE
fleet (green boxes) deploys from one launch, moves to different debris clusters An
EDDE grabs each object and drags it down (yellow boxes) to short-lived orbits Small
objects are lowered quickly; massive objects take longer, as shown All 2465
cataloged LEO objects >2 kg are removed in 6.7 years in this simulation
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