Features and applications of the Shuttle tethered satellite system (TSS) are outlined. The TSS would be mounted on a normal cargo pallet and used to deploy or retrieve payloads weighing up to 500 kg from the Orbiter by reeling in or unreeling a tether line extended along the gravity gradient vertical. Attaching a conducting wire to the tether would permit electrodynamic measurements of space plasma. An initial mission under development is to deploy an instruments package 20 km above the Orbiter with a conducting wire tether, thereby obtaining data on low frequency hydromagnetic waves generated by tether passage through the space plasma. An aerodynamics package could also be lowered to 130 km, where measurements can be made with magnetometers for geoscience data, atmospheric composition, and cosmic dust can be collected. Details of engineering assignments for the TSS divided up between NASA and the Italian National Research Council are discussed.


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    Titel :

    Shuttle tethered satellite program


    Beteiligte:
    Nolan, M. B. (Autor:in) / Hudson, R. (Autor:in) / Sisson, J. M. (Autor:in) / Crouch, D. S. (Autor:in) / Vignoli, M. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984-10-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Shuttle/tethered satellite system

    Rupp, C. C. / Laue, J. H. | NTRS | 1978



    Shuttle tethered satellite system development program

    CROUCH, D. / VIGNOLI, M. | AIAA | 1984


    Shuttle/tethered satellite system

    Rupp, C. C. / Laue, J. H. | NTRS | 1978