Patent ID: 11952150
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A debris retrieval control apparatus to control retrieval of debris, the debris retrieval control apparatus comprising:
an apparatus communication device to communicate with at least one of a first satellite and a second satellite; and
processing circuitry configured to generate a control command to capture the debris by sandwiching the debris between the first satellite and the second satellite and carry out an active control operation during orbital descent on a flying object formed by the first satellite, the debris, and the second satellite, wherein a central body of the first satellite, the debris, and a central body of the second satellite are connected together by physical contact, between the debris and the respective central bodies of the first satellite and second satellite, and transmit the control command to at least one of the first satellite and the second satellite via the apparatus communication device,
wherein the control command includes instructions to operate a propulsion device included in each of the first satellite and the second satellite, and
wherein the processing circuitry transmits the control command to place the first satellite and the second satellite so that a center-of-gravity position of the flying object is on a straight line of a traveling direction vector of the propulsion device.