After orbit is reached subsatellite is slowly ejected which is connected to main body by string; spacings up to 10 km could be obtained in this way; experiments which are possible with trailer satellite include observations in spacing between main body and trailer; second class of possible observations are concerned with measurement of gradients; other experiments could include determination of relative drag force and of field directions.
Scientific uses of "trailer-satellites"
Int Space Science Symposium, Space Research IV -- Proc
4th International Space Science Symposium, Space Research IV ; 1963 ; Poland , Warsaw
1963
2 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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