Design of space tethers for meteoroid and orbital debris impact survtvability

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Sturmfels, Richard G ^a  

^a The Michigan Technic Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DESIGN ANALYSIS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT FAILURES; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DESIGN; ORBITS; SPACE TETHERS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TETHERLINES;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 84897833286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. TSS Tether Cable Meteoroid/Orbital Debris Damage Analysis, NASA TM-108404. K.B. Hayashida, J.H. Robinson. April 1993.
2. SEDS Tether M/OD Damage Analysis, NASA TM/TP-97-206311. K.B. Hayashida, J.H. Robinson, S.A. Hill. November 1997.