{"id":701,"date":"2017-01-24T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/?p=701"},"modified":"2017-01-25T09:15:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:15:57","slug":"first-ever-experimental-validation-of-tethered-detumbling-of-space-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/2017\/first-ever-experimental-validation-of-tethered-detumbling-of-space-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ever Experimental Validation of Tethered Detumbling of Space Debris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this year&#8217;s <em>AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference<\/em>, Kirk Hovell presented  the first ever experimental demonstration of detumbling a spinning space debris using visco-elastic tethers. Compared to the currently-accepted tether configuration proposed by the European Space Agency, Kirk&#8217;s innovative sub-tether strategy is proven to be more effective at detumbling a spinning space debris.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kirk&#8217;s outstanding presentation of his work on space debris tether capture was recognized at this conference by a <span style=\"color: #ce152a;\">Best Presentation in Session Award<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>More details on Kirk&#8217;s research can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/spacecraft\/publications\/\">here<\/a> and videos of the experiments can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BgsxlKoeEik\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Kirk Hovell is currently a Master&#8217;s student at Carleton&#8217;s Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Steve Ulrich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this year&#8217;s AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kirk Hovell presented the first ever experimental demonstration of detumbling a spinning space debris using visco-elastic tethers. Compared to the currently-accepted tether configuration proposed by the European Space Agency, Kirk&#8217;s innovative sub-tether strategy is proven to be more effective at detumbling a spinning space debris. 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