Selected tether applications in space: An analysis of five selected concepts
Abstract
Ground rules and assumptions; operations; orbit considerations/dynamics; tether system design and dynamics; functional requirements; hardware concepts; and safety factors are examined for five scenarios: tethered effected separation of an Earth bound shuttle from the space station; tether effected orbit boost of a spacecraft (AXAF) into its operational orbit from the shuttle; an operational science/technology platform tether deployed from space station; a tether mediated rendezvous involving an OMV tether deployed from space station to rendezvous with an aerobraked OTV returning to geosynchronous orbit from a payload delivery mission; and an electrodynamic tether used in a dual motor/generator mode to serve as the primary energy storage facility for space station.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984STIN...8512921.
- Keywords:
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- Payload Delivery (Sts);
- Space Commercialization;
- Space Platforms;
- Space Shuttle Orbiters;
- Space Stations;
- Space Transportation System;
- Tethering;
- Energy Storage;
- Momentum Transfer;
- Orbital Maneuvering Vehicles;
- Orbital Rendezvous;
- Systems Analysis;
- X Ray Astrophysics Facility;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles