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Tethered body problems and relative motion orbit determination
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Eades Jr., J. B. Wolf, H. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Description | Selected problems dealing with orbiting tethered body systems have been studied. In addition, a relative motion orbit determination program was developed. Results from these tasks are described and discussed. The expected tethered body motions were examined, analytically, to ascertain what influence would be played by the physical parameters of the tether, the gravity gradient and orbit eccentricity. After separating the motion modes these influences were determined; and, subsequently, the effects of oscillations and/or rotations, on tether force, were described. A study was undertaken, by examining tether motions, to see what type of control actions would be needed to accurately place a mass particle at a prescribed position relative to a main vehicle. Other applications for tethers were studied. Principally these were concerned with the producing of low-level gee forces by means of stabilized tether configurations; and, the initiation of free transfer trajectories from tether supported vehicle relative positions. |
| File Size | 7807112 |
| Page Count | 317 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730022991 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4zh1d79k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1972-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Sciences Circular Orbits Numerical Analysis Satellite Orbits Transfer Functions Orbit Calculation Gravitational Fields Tetherlines Spacecraft Motion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
