Abstract
Abstract. In the last thirty years, the encounter and approach of Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO) of human made space objects have developed. This development indicated by the developments in field of technology. The focus of this study is regarding RPO as a mission that has potential to increase the amount of space debris. This study aims to analyze the RPO activity as a potential hazardous mission in increasing the space debris population. Moreover, this research aims to analyze RPO activity as a potentially vulnerable mission to increase the space debris population. In this study, the method was carried out descriptively, by exploring data and information about RPO. The results of this study indicated that RPO activity still limited to LEO due to the high difficulty level for the GEO orbit. The results of this study indicate that RPO activity is still limited to LEO due to the high difficulty level for the GEO orbit. This is actually because in LEO orbit have more space debris (75%) than GEO orbit and it has a higher risk of falling to Earth. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that RPO activities are double-edged and therefore greater supervision needs to be carried out especially to safeguard Indonesia’s interests in space.
Highlights
In the last thirty years, the encounter and approach of Rendezvous Proximity Operation (RPO) of human made space objects have developed
Space Shuttle faced with many problems that previously not found when carrying out similar missions in Gemini, Skylab, Apollo, and Soyuz missions [1]
The data or information that has been collected analyzed by describing Rendezvous Proximity Operation (RPO) is vulnerable mission that has potential to increase the space debris population
Summary
In the last thirty years, the encounter and approach of Rendezvous Proximity Operation (RPO) of human made space objects have developed. This development indicated by the developments in field of technology. Japan has planned the Hayabusa 2 landing on 1999 JU3 asteroid in 2018, while China has embarked on lunar landing and NASA missions to Europe This development is accompanied by diversity of problems faced. RPO’s mission, included its expansion such as RPOD (Rendezvous, Proximity Operation, and Docking) and AR&C (Autonomous RPO and Capture), can occur on space object made by a country against other space object (whether artificial or natural) cooperative or non-cooperative RPO’s mission. It is useful for efforts to clean up space debris or research on near-Earth objects, it can be misused as an attempt to spy, block satellite access from an opposing country, or, most natural cases as the addition of space debris objects
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