Simple End-Of-Life for Your Constellation
The fully independent and self contained deorbit module has no reliance on other spacecraft subsystems, simplifying integration and making end-of-life reliability easier to demonstrate and quantify for regulatory compliance. Peace of mind, with engineering time and money savings.
Our team can also help you with simulations, reliability analysis and regulatory reports.
How Astrobrake works
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Why Astrobrake?
Reliability in Space is hard. Proving reliability is even harder, especially to satisfy increasingly stringent space regulations across the globe. The Space heritage within the Gama team and the close collaboration with early customers in the design meansĀ Astrobrake is built with reliability from the ground up, from the core design, to the choice of subcomponents and testing regimes. In addition:
- Qualification Testing: Ongoing testing to increase your and regulator's confidence in the design, ensuring dependable operation in any mission scenario.
- Independent Operation: Requires no power or control from its host spacecraft, eliminating subsystem dependencies and potential points of failure.
- Simplified Qualification: Astrobrake is qualified and fully independent, making reliability analysis easier, and for you to focus on your core mission systems.
- Independent analysis - support with your reliability and simulations analysis for end-of-life
Forget one-size-fits-all solutions. Astrobrake's adaptable design integrates into almost any spacecraft. Here's how:
- Universal Compatibility: Designed to accommodate any spacecraft design and adapt to your specific mission requirements.
- Low Hassle: No need for pressurized vessels or power consumption, simplifying integration and reducing system complexity. Autonomously deploys if your spacecraft becomes unresponsive, ensuring passive deorbitation.
- Mission-Specific Tailoring: We work with you to customize the Astrobrake deployment triggering to meet your needs.
Space debris is a growing threat. Ensure your satellites don't become part of the problem. Astrobrake ensures safe and compliant deorbit, even in the event of complete system failure. It can be setup as a primary deorbitation or as a redundant subsystem to a propulsion unit. Here's how:
- Dead Man Switch: Autonomously deploys after an agreed time if your spacecraft becomes unresponsive, ensuring passive deorbitation.
- Regulatory Compliance: Significantly helps you meet stringent end-of-life regulations, today and tomorrow, protecting you from needing to rework design or unexpected insurance costs.
Deorbiting shouldn't break the bank. Astrobrake delivers a cost-effective solution that eliminates ongoing operational expenses and significantly reduces the risk of collision. Here's how:
- Save propellant - If your baseline design includes propulsion, save fuel for mission critical manoeuvres, including the rapidly increasing need for collision avoidance
- Lower operation costs: Deploy Astrobrake at end of life, and immediately reduce your operation costs. Autonomous deorbitation means less time spent managing end-of-life procedures.
- Collision Risk Mitigation: A quicker deorbit significantly reduces the risk of collisions and liability, reducing insurance premiums if your regulatory environment require third party liability.
- Maximize your ROI: By minimizing engineering time to prove system reliability, reducing deorbit time and associated costs, and reducing propellant use for end of life, Astrobrake helps you maximize the return on your mission investment.
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