Cislunar tether transport system

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-186

  Hoyt, Robert P ^a   Uphoff, Chauncey ^b  

^a Tethers Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b Fortune Eight Aerosp Indust Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORBITAL TRANSFER; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

TETHER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033878348     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3564     Document Type: Article

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