April 21, 2015 at 11:59ISS will shoot laser on space debris
At the beginning of 2015, NASA in its quarterly report on the situation in the near space reported that the amount of space debris and satellites decreased from 16,994 to 16,906 objects in the fourth quarter of 2014. The changes were not global, so the problem remains.
To solve this problem, an international team of scientists has proposed using a fiber laser to pick up trash .
Shot from the movie "Star Wars"
Now the orbit of the planet flies the remains of satellites and space stations, as well as waste from their collisions with a total mass of 3,000 tons.
Scientists have proposed a system of two main components for combating space debris. EUSO Observatory Infrared Telescopeinstalled in the Japanese module of the International Space Station will be used to track debris moving at high speed. Then the garbage will be affected by a CAN fiber laser, which is used to accelerate elementary particles: the laser will “knock” the garbage out of orbit and send it to burn into the atmosphere.
Scientists expect this system to allow astronauts to “hunt” even for small debris - a centimeter in diameter.
The entire program consists of three stages. At the first stage, scientists will demonstrate the possibility of detecting debris using an observatory and exposure to it using a 100-fiber laser. In the second stage, garbage will be destroyed using a CAN laser based on 10,000 fibers - this system will operate in a radius of 100 kilometers. At the third, final stage, scientists plan to clear the orbit at an altitude of 800 kilometers from the Earth from debris.
To solve this problem, an international team of scientists has proposed using a fiber laser to pick up trash .
Shot from the movie "Star Wars"
Now the orbit of the planet flies the remains of satellites and space stations, as well as waste from their collisions with a total mass of 3,000 tons.
Scientists have proposed a system of two main components for combating space debris. EUSO Observatory Infrared Telescopeinstalled in the Japanese module of the International Space Station will be used to track debris moving at high speed. Then the garbage will be affected by a CAN fiber laser, which is used to accelerate elementary particles: the laser will “knock” the garbage out of orbit and send it to burn into the atmosphere. Scientists expect this system to allow astronauts to “hunt” even for small debris - a centimeter in diameter.
The entire program consists of three stages. At the first stage, scientists will demonstrate the possibility of detecting debris using an observatory and exposure to it using a 100-fiber laser. In the second stage, garbage will be destroyed using a CAN laser based on 10,000 fibers - this system will operate in a radius of 100 kilometers. At the third, final stage, scientists plan to clear the orbit at an altitude of 800 kilometers from the Earth from debris.