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L. Ouwehand
Abstract
In this paper it is proposed the combination of the End-of-life Natural Deorbiting (END) module (an inflatable aerobreaking device already under development in AVIO and aimed to accelerate the orbital decay of inoperative spacecraft) with a sub-system called MMOD (Micro-Meteoroids and Orbital Debris) consisting of a hypervelocity impacts detector capable of collecting data relevant to the type and the distribution of space debris and micro-meteoroids in the LEO region.