FIELD: space technology.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the removal of space objects (SO) using upper stage rockets (USR) into high-energy orbits (for example, to the Moon) in several stages according to a two-launch scheme. The method involves putting the SO into a near-Earth orbit and docking with a near-Earth station (NES). The USR is placed separately from the SO into a near-Earth reference orbit, and then into a coplanar coelliptic orbit relative to the NES with a height difference of ΔН, at which a rapid approach of the spacecraft and the USR is performed, followed by their docking. With the help of the latter, an impulse is applied to the bundle of SO and USR to switch to a high-energy orbit. In case of failure of the launch of the USR, the SO is able to wait for the next launch window as part of the NES (for example, for departure to the Moon).
EFFECT: increase in the reliability of the transport system to the level characteristic of a single-start scheme, due to the use of the NES.
1 cl, 6 dwg
