In-Space Transportation with Tethers

Download or read book In-Space Transportation with Tethers written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual report covers the research conducted on the following topics related to the use of spaceborne tethers for in-space transportation: ProSEDS tether modeling (current collection analyses, influence of a varying tether temperature); proSEDS mission analysis and system dynamics (tether thermal model, thermo-electro-dynamics integrated simulations); proSEDS-tether development and testing (tether requirements, deployment test plan, tether properties testing, deployment tests); and tethers for reboosting the space-based laser (mission analysis, tether system preliminary design, evaluation of attitude constraints). Lorenzini, Enrico and Estes, Robert D. and Cosmo, Mario L. Marshall Space Flight Center TETHERING; AIR TRANSPORTATION; MODELS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MANUFACTURING; DESIGN ANALYSIS; DATA MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SIMULATION; LASERS; TETHERLINES...