This viewgraph presentation provides information on several types of spacecraft tethers, and possible applications for them. The tethers profiled include: 1) Mechanical tethers; 2) Electrodynamic (ED) tethers; 3) Momentum eXchange Electrodynamic Reboost (MXER) tethers; 4) Synergistic technologies. Tethers can have low Earth orbit (LEO), lunar, and interplanetary applications.
Tether Technologies for Future Space Applications
16th Annual Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop ; 2005 ; Huntsville, AL, United States
2005-03-30
Preprint
No indication
English
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