Bare tethers for electrodynamic spacecraft propulsion

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-211

  Estes, R D ^a   Lorenzini, E C ^a   Sanmartin J ^b   Pelaez J ^b   Martinez Sanchez M ^c   Johnson, C L ^d   Vas, I E ^e  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER THRUSTERS; LORENTZ FORCE;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 0033901051     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3567     Document Type: Article

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