Survey of space debris disposal and orbit transfer concepts with extended-length tethers

International Astronautical Federation - 56th International Astronautical Congress 2005

Volumn 9, Issue , 2005, Pages 5710-5721

  Barghe Sharghi, Violet ^a   Chobotov, Vladimir ^a   Palkovic, Lawrence ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ORBITS; PROPELLANTS; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT (GEO); PAYLOADS; VELOCITY IMPULSES;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 34250811991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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