On the deployment of a tether from an elliptical orbit

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-133

  Ruiz, M ^a   Pelaez J ^a  

^a Depto de Matemática Aplicada   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TETHERLINES;

ECCENTRICITY ANOMALY; EJECTION ANOMALY; ELLIPTIC ORBIT;

ORBITS;

EJECTION PARAMETERS; ELLIPTIC ORBIT; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; NEW PARAMETERS; ORBITAL PERIODS; PERTURBATION METHOD; RELATIVE EQUILIBRIA; TETHERED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032285093     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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