Orbital maneuvering with spinning electrodynamic tethers

Collection of Technical Papers - 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1554-1560

  Pearson, Jerome ^a   Levin, Eugene ^a   Carroll, Joseph A ^b   Oldson, John C ^a  

^a Star Technology and Research Inc   (United States)

^b Tether Applications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRIC THRUSTERS; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; SPINNING ELECTRODYNAMIC THRUSTER (SET); TETHER CONFIGURATION;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 20344374743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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