The Terminator Tape™: A cost-effective de-orbit module for end-of-life disposal of LEO satellites

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hoyt, Robert P ^a   Barnes, Ian M ^a   Voronka, Nestor R ^a   Slostad, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a Tethers Unlimited Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY; CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS; CONDUCTING TAPES; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; DE-ORBITING; DEBRIS MITIGATION; DEORBITS; DRAG FORCES; EARTH ORBITS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; END-OF-LIFE; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; LEO SATELLITE; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; MICROSATELLITES; ORBITAL DEBRIS; RAPID GROWTH; SATELLITE INTEGRATION; SATELLITE OPERATORS; SPACE SYSTEM; STORAGE ORBITS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NASA; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 77958585681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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