Low Earth Project for the Acquisition and Recovery of Debris
LEOPARD: Lockheed Martin and Senior Design heritage project that will design, build, and test a debris capture system capable of capturing two objects in sequence representative of a piece of tracked debris that can be found low earth orbit.
Project Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
Customer: Barbara Bicknell
Project Advisors: Scott Palo (CU) & Jeffrey Weber (Lockheed Martin)
Project Manager: KatieRae Williamson
Team Members: Samantha Archambault, Gautham Gopakumar, Jarred Langhals, Liz Notary, Alex Smith, Chelsea Welch, KatieRae Williamson, Jonathan Wu
Project Outcomes
- Debris Capture System (DCS) able to complete multiple capture cycles