Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A number of space tethers have been deployed in space missions. Tether satellites can be used for various purposes including research into tether propulsion, tidal stabilisation and orbital plasma dynamics. The missions have met with a varying degrees of success, a few have been hi ...Täielik kirjeldus
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A number of space tethers have been deployed in space missions. Tether satellites can be used for various purposes including research into tether propulsion, tidal stabilisation and orbital plasma dynamics. The missions have met with a varying degrees of success, a few have been highly successful. Tethered satellites are broken up into three parts. There is the base-satellite, tether, and sub-satellite. The base-satellite contains the sub-satellite and tether until deployment. Sometimes the base-satellite is another basic satellite, other times it could be a shuttle, space station, or moon. The tether is what keeps the two satellites connected. The tether is generally a complicated composite that is made up of primarily a copper core and kevlar.