Research and Development for the Capture and Removal of Orbital Clutter
REDCROC: design, build, test, and evaluate Earth-based demonstration devices for the capture of orbital debris.
Project Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
Customer: Brett Tobey
Project Advisors: Dr. Donna Gerren (CU)
Project Manager:
Team Members: Ben Curran, Ahna Isaak, Matt Knoch, Adam Leppek, Jenae Lestishen, Nicholas Zinner, Kristen Brenner, Austin Williamson
Project Outcomes
- Provided viability of debris capture technology
- Designed cost effective and reliable debris removal mission ConOps
- Made innovations in space-inflatables