Reactionless orbital capture using tethers

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PROPULSION;

APPROACH TRAJECTORIES; CLOSED ORBITS; REACTIONLESS; TETHER SYSTEM;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 85088061882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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