Attitude Motion of Cylindrical Space Debris during Its Removal by Ion Beam

Table 4

Time of the debris removal from 500 km to 100 km altitude.

Case					Time
Fixed orientation	0	0	0	−0.0444 N	84 days
Fixed orientation	86°	0	−0.00046 N	−0.0301 N	125 days
Fixed orientation	90°	0	0	−0.0306 N	123 days
Fixed orientation	94°	0	0.00046 N	−0.0301 N	125 days
Oscillations innear separatrix (Figure 8)	45°	0	0	−0.0439 N	86 days
Oscillations innear separatrix (Figure 8)	55°	0	N	−0.0429 N	88 days
Oscillations innear stable point(Figure 8)	1°	0	0	−0.0444 N	85 days
Oscillations innear stable point(Figure 8)	89°	0	N	−0.0306 N	123 days
Rotation in(Figure 8)	0	0.015 s^−1	N	−0.0407 N	88 days