Generating velocity increments by means of a spinning motorised tether

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Cartmell, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); LAUNCHING; ORBITS; PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

CENTRE OF MASS; CIRCULAR MOTION; LOW EARTH ORBITS; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; SPACE VEHICLE PROPULSION; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TETHERED SYSTEMS; VELOCITY INCREMENTS;

SPACE TETHERS;

EID: 0003304004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Tether Applications in Space Transportation, J.A. Carroll, Acta Astronautica, 13 (4), 165-174, 1986.
2. Dynamics of Space Tether Systems - vol 83 of Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, V.V. Beletsky and E.M. Levin, American Astronautical Society, San Diego, 1993.
3. Enhanced Efficiency of Geotransfer and Lunar Missions by using the Uppersstage Momentum transferred by Tether, W.J. Ockels, R.G.J. Biesbroek, D.F. Verduijn, AIAA, 47th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, October 1996.
4. StarTrack - A Swinging tether Assisted Re-entry for the International Space Station, E.J. van der Heide and M. Kruijff, ESA-ESTEC WP 1883, March 1996.
5. Some properties of the In-Plane Motion of a Dumb-bell in Elliptic Orbit, E.B. Crellin & F.L. Janssens, ESA-ESTEC WP 1888, May 1996