Medium Earth orbit is subject to destabilizing resonances due to third body effects from the Moon and Sun. This behavior can be leveraged for debris mitigation in this regime. This paper will explore how feasible this technique is and whether satellites could be targeted into such impact trajectories at their end-of-life. In the paper, six targets are examined in detail to determine what level of uncertainty in targeting these satellites will achieve a reentry trajectory some decades in the future. This study will also characterize the sensitivity to initial conditions for this orbital regime and the feasibility of leveraging these naturally occurring dynamics.

由于来自月球和太阳的第三体效应，中地球轨道会受到不稳定共振的影响。在这种情况下，可以利用这种行为来减轻碎片。本文将探讨这项技术的可行性，以及卫星是否可以在其寿命结束时进入这种撞击轨迹。在这篇论文中，详细研究了六个目标，以确定瞄准这些卫星时的不确定性水平将在未来几十年实现再入轨道。这项研究还将表征对该轨道区域的初始条件的敏感性以及利用这些自然发生的动力学的可行性。