Airbus markets Detumbler to stabilise tumbling satellites
Passive magnetic device selected for MDA Space’s AURORA order; launch to mark first large-scale commercial integration
Airbus has announced the commercial availability of Detumbler, a passive magnetic damping device intended to stop dead satellites from tumbling in orbit. The company says the device, now at Technology Readiness Level 8, is designed to make active debris removal more economically feasible by reducing the risks and costs of the process.