Overview of the ElectroDynamic Delivery Express (EDDE)

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Pearson, Jerome ^a   Carroll, Joseph ^b   Levin, Eugene ^a   Oldson, John ^a   Hausgen, Paul ^c  

^a STAR Inc   (United States)

^b Tether Applications Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; ELECTRODYNAMIC DELIVERY EXPRESS; FORCES AND TORQUES; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); LOW EARTH ORBITS; OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE DEBRIS; TETHERLINES;

ORBITS;

EID: 84897806904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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