Performance of the terminator tether™ for autonomous deorbit of LEO spacecraft

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Hoyt, Robert P ^a,b   Forward, Robert L ^a,b  

^a Tethers Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON EMISSION; IONOSPHERE; ORBITS; PROPULSION; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; ELECTRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; FEEDBACK CONTROL SCHEMES; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LOW-COST DEVICES; ORBITAL INCLINATION; TETHER DYNAMICS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 84963865213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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