Kinetic modeling of electrodynamic space tethers

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-193). === Electrodynamic space tethers provide propellant-less orbit boosting and de-orbiting of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. On the one hand, when...

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Main Author: Deux, Jean-Marie A
Other Authors: Manuel Martínez-Sanchez and Oleg Batishchev.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32451