Strategies for maximizing a satellite lifetime by tether-mediated orbital injection

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-231

  Pelaez J ^a   Ruiz, M ^a   Lorenzini, E C ^b  

^a Depto de Mat y Prod Aerospacial   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES; CALCULATIONS; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; SPACE PLATFORMS;

CRITICAL VALUE; DIRECT COMPUTATIONS; FREE PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM LIFETIMES; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; PERIGEE HEIGHT; SEMIMAJOR AXIS; TETHER SYSTEM;

ORBITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

APOGEE; ORBITAL INJECTION; PERIGEE;

EID: 0031108860     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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