Ground assisted rendezvous with geosynchronous satellites for the disposal of space debris by means of Earth-oriented tethers

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 946-951

  Chobotov, Vladimir ^a   Melamed, Nahum ^a   Ailor, William H ^a   Campbell, W Spencer ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ORBITS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; TETHERLINES;

DRIFT ORBITS; GEO DEBRIS; GEO SATELLITES; GEO-SYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES; GEOSTATIONARY TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; STABLE POINTS; TETHER SYSTEMS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 61749083596     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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