Publication Date:
2019-08-13
Description:
Tether applications for space transportation are covered: (1) payload boast; (2) upper stage boost; (3) E.T. deboost; (4) shuttle deboost; (5) shuttle docking ; (6) payload and OTV boost; (7) OTV payload boost; (8) lunar assist and eccentricity change; (9) aeromaneuvering by remote sail or kite; (10) electrodynamic deceleration; and (11) lunar and planetary applications. The first seven transfer momentum between two masses at the tether tips, and the remaining for use tethers for controlled interaction with the environment.
Keywords:
ASTRONAUTICS (GENERAL)
Type:
NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center Appl. of Tethers in Space, Vol. 2; 56 p
Format:
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