Dynamic behavior of a tethered system with multiple subsatellites in elliptic orbits

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 914-921

  Takeichi, Noboru ^a,c   Natori, M C ^b,c   Okuizumi, Nobukatsu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; SATELLITES; TETHERLINES;

ELLIPTIC ORBITS; MULTIPLE SUBSATELLITES; TETHERED SYSTEMS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0035518407     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3763     Document Type: Article

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