Applications of Electrodynamic tethers and the STEP-AIRSEDS mission

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Santangelo, Andrew ^a   Sturmfels, Rich ^a   Van Noord, Jon ^a   Strunce, Robert ^a   Gilchrist, Brian ^b   Hoffman, John ^c  

^a The Michigan Technic Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TETHERS;

CHEMICAL PROPELLANTS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; INNOVATIVE METHOD; ORBIT TRANSFER; ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLES; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 85087189410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1144     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. NASA MSFC & TMTC, STEP-AIRSEDS Phase A Design Study, vl.O, TMTC, Holland, Michigan July, 1999.
2. Johnson et al., Electrodynamic Tethers for Reboost of the International Space Station and Spacecraft Propulsion, AIAA 96-4250, 1996 AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, September 24-26, 1996, Huntsville, Alabama.
3. NASA and TMTC, STEP-AIRSEDS Tether Vibration Attenuation Plan, TMTC-SA-PB-TVAPv 1.1, The Michigan Technic Corporation, Holland, Michigan, April 2000.
4. NASA and TMTC, STEP-AIRSEDS Tether Definition Report, TMTC-SA-PB-TDvl.0, The Michigan Technic Corporation, Holland, Michigan, April 2000.
5. Pelaez, E. C. Lorenzini, O. Lopez-Rebollal and M. Ruiz, A new kind of dynamic instability in electrodynamic tethers. Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Paper AAS 00-190, January 23 - 26, 2000, Clearwater, Florida.
6. th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 16-19, 2000, Huntsville, Alabama.