Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions...
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number of space tethers have been deployed in space missions. Tether satellites can be used for various purposes including research into tether propulsion...
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Skyhook (structure) (redirect from Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch)
A skyhook is a proposed momentum exchange tether that aims to reduce the cost of placing payloads into low Earth orbit. A heavy orbiting station is connected...
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component would be a cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending into space. An Earth-based space elevator would consist of a cable with...
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exchange tether is a kind of space tether that could theoretically be used as a launch system, or to change spacecraft orbits. Momentum exchange tethers create...
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Non-rocket spacelaunch (redirect from Rotovator (tether propulsion))
cables (known as tethers) to lift a payload into space. Tethers can also be used for changing orbit once in space. Orbital tethers can be tidally locked...
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constraint, space walks, power kiteing, and anti-theft devices. Failure modes for tethers are considered in their design. A cord or rope tether may reach...
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tether, a kind of space tether Skyhook (structure), or a tidal stabilized tether Space elevator, a geostationary orbital tether "Tether" (song), by Eric...
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conductive tether by its motion through a planet's magnetic field. A number of missions have demonstrated electrodynamic tethers in space, most notably...
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Mostly Tenacity expressed in report as cN/tex. Specific modulus Space elevator Space tether "Acetal Polyoxymethylene Homopolymer - POM". AZoM.com. August...
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