Orbital design of earth-oriented tethered satellite formations

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Tragesser, Steven G ^a   Tuncay, Ayhan ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS;

BASELINE DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; LUMPED MASS MODEL; RIGID BODY; SPIN RATE; TETHERED SATELLITE; TETHERED SYSTEMS; THREE PARAMETERS;

ORBITS;

EID: 85087188433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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