Forces on tethered satellites, tether tension as a function of the effective mass, and parameters of candidate tether materials are examined. Illustrations show: stabilization control law; tethered satellite deployment and retrieval; angular momentum; electric motor effect reboost; a very long tether phenomenon; shuttle tethered satellite effects on the orbiter; artificial gravity; tethered satellite rendezvous docking relative velocity; and scaling up from the shuttle/TSS. Limitations of the tethered satellite system and of tether properties as well as cost/benefits trades for future applications are considered.


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    Title :

    Tether Fundamentals


    Contributors:
    Rupp, C. (author)


    Publication date :

    1985-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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