Cislunar tether transport system

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-15

  Hoyt, Robert P ^a   Uphoff, Chauncey ^b  

^a Tethers Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b Fortune Eight Aerosp Indust Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; EARTH (PLANET); MOON; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

CIRCULAR LOW-EARTH ORBITS; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LUNAR TRANSFERS; ORBITAL MECHANICS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TETHER DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ORBITS;

EID: 84963825482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-2690     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

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