Concept and Rationale for Stratospheric Balloon-Based Laser Debris Removal

arXiv:2609.39850 · eess.SY, cs.SY · Submitted 2026-09-30 · Read on arXiv

eess.SY, cs.SY

Submitted: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-09-30

Project page: https://stratolaser.com

Terminology

• Ablation — 50× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 47× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Momentum transfer — 14× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Steering — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• European Space Agency — 2× in this paper
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Coherence Length — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Sky Imaging Payload for Space Situational Awareness — 1× in this paper
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Experiment of Diffuse Reflection Laser Ranging to Space Debris and Data Analysis
• Design and Characterization of a Balloon-Borne Diffraction-Limited Submillimeter Telescope Platform for BLAST-TNG

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