Methods of accelerating a target vehicle to a higher orbit via a Kinetic Energy Storage and Transfer (KEST) vehicle are provided. The KEST vehicle is configured to transfer kinetic energy to the target vehicle by way of a catching mechanism using one or more brakes on one or more associated tethers along which the braking mechanism traverses, accelerating the target vehicle into a higher orbit, potentially even beyond the Earth.
Methods of accelerating a target vehicle to a higher orbit via a kinetic energy storage and transfer (KEST) space vehicle
2018-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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