The technology for self - removal of spacecraft, short TeSeR, is an innovative project of 11 partners led by Airbus D.S within the HORIZON2020 framework of the European Union . The main idea is to develop a removal module that can be carried into orbit by future spacecraft of any size and mass into any orbit, interconnected only by a standardized interface. At early 2019, a prototype shall already have demonstrated the main functions. This paper presents the autonomy considerations for the design of t he overall post - mission disposal module and focuses on three areas: the status detection of the host S/C by the PMD module, the removal triggering by the PMD module in case of lost link to ground and malfunctioning host S/C as well as the passivation of th e host S/C and the PMD module itself    «

The technology for self - removal of spacecraft, short TeSeR, is an innovative project of 11 partners led by Airbus D.S within the HORIZON2020 framework of the European Union . The main idea is to develop a removal module that can be carried into orbit by future spacecraft of any size and mass into any orbit, interconnected only by a standardized interface. At early 2019, a prototype shall already have demonstrated the main fu...    »