TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, SPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Online ISSN : 1347-3840
ISSN-L : 1347-3840
r-2) Space Environment and Debris
Space Debris Mitigation Efforts through the Disposition of the Service Module of the Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System (USERS)
Koichi IJICHI, Atsuo USHIKOSHI, Shuji NAKAMURA, Hiroshi KANAI
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2009 Volume 7 Issue ists26 Pages Tr_2_57-Tr_2_62

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The Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System (USERS) Project has been completed with full success, and the Service Module (SEM) of the USERS Spacecraft, which supported the recovery portion of the spacecraft which was left on the orbit, was properly disposed to the maximum extent as possible according to the IADC debris mitigation guideline and re-entered the atmosphere on June 15, 2007 (JST). USERS spacecraft disposition by possible means available at the mission completion showed good example of realizing debris mitigation purpose in spite of originally different design baseline, and obtained actual data and experiences to be reflected for future space programs.
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