Dynamics of tethered satellite formations

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 112 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1219-1236

  Williams, Trevor ^a   Moore, Kenneth ^b  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b SDL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH; TETHERLINES;

MULTITETHER SYSTEMS; SATELLITE CLUSTER;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036910321     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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