Meteor Research Paper
Dongchang He
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“Meteor”, a space debris removal mission
Chapter 2: The establishment of the laser broom In 2040, all the studies about “Meteor” are finished. Governments also finished constructing the setup robotics and the rocket to send the robotics to ISS. On January 13th, 2041, the first rocket for the mission successfully launched. The rocket carried a payload of 1000 kg of robotics for laser broom setup. The final stage of rocket reached to an altitude of 400 km and it successfully docked with ISS. The docking process involves complicated orbital rendezvous so that the rocket stage and the space station arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. The docking used V-bar (velocity vector) approach. …show more content…
At 16:00 pm, October 24th, 2052, a newest Falcon Dragon II rocket carried the four astronauts ware about to launch to low earth orbit. The launch caught attentions of people around the globe. The success of the mission would be a new era for human space explorations. It would be the first time that humans managed to clean space debris. The white rocket silently lay on the launching platform and ground staff checked the status of the rocket for the last time. Thomas closed his eyes and he could not wait for the exciting moment of launch. Ling nervously took a deep breath. The conductor in Kennedy Space Center gazed at the time shown on his computer screen. He carefully listened to every single word reported by operators and decisively gave out commands: “10 minutes countdown”… “5 minutes countdown”… “One minute countdown”… “5…4…3…2…1…0…” The young operator on the launching platform calmly pushed the launching button and the rocket on the field blasted off with the throaty roar of the engines. “We have lifted off the Falcon dragon II manned rocket for the first world’s space debris removal …show more content…
We have confidence that we can begin removing space debris in a few weeks.” All the people watching the live of the mission excitedly applauded. “We finally made here, crews!” said by Ivanov, the pilot of the space mission, “In two weeks, we will perform several out space activities to test equipment and ensure the functionality of the laser broom. After all the tests and preparations, we will start our first space debris removal
1239324
“Meteor”, a space debris removal mission
Chapter 2: The establishment of the laser broom In 2040, all the studies about “Meteor” are finished. Governments also finished constructing the setup robotics and the rocket to send the robotics to ISS. On January 13th, 2041, the first rocket for the mission successfully launched. The rocket carried a payload of 1000 kg of robotics for laser broom setup. The final stage of rocket reached to an altitude of 400 km and it successfully docked with ISS. The docking process involves complicated orbital rendezvous so that the rocket stage and the space station arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. The docking used V-bar (velocity vector) approach. …show more content…
At 16:00 pm, October 24th, 2052, a newest Falcon Dragon II rocket carried the four astronauts ware about to launch to low earth orbit. The launch caught attentions of people around the globe. The success of the mission would be a new era for human space explorations. It would be the first time that humans managed to clean space debris. The white rocket silently lay on the launching platform and ground staff checked the status of the rocket for the last time. Thomas closed his eyes and he could not wait for the exciting moment of launch. Ling nervously took a deep breath. The conductor in Kennedy Space Center gazed at the time shown on his computer screen. He carefully listened to every single word reported by operators and decisively gave out commands: “10 minutes countdown”… “5 minutes countdown”… “One minute countdown”… “5…4…3…2…1…0…” The young operator on the launching platform calmly pushed the launching button and the rocket on the field blasted off with the throaty roar of the engines. “We have lifted off the Falcon dragon II manned rocket for the first world’s space debris removal …show more content…
We have confidence that we can begin removing space debris in a few weeks.” All the people watching the live of the mission excitedly applauded. “We finally made here, crews!” said by Ivanov, the pilot of the space mission, “In two weeks, we will perform several out space activities to test equipment and ensure the functionality of the laser broom. After all the tests and preparations, we will start our first space debris removal