TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of space tether research
AU - Cartmell, M.P.
AU - McKenzie, D.J.
PY - 2008/1/31
Y1 - 2008/1/31
N2 - The review paper attempts to provide a useful contextualised source of references for the student interested in learning about space tethers, and their potential for propulsion of payloads in Space. The two principal categories of momentum exchange and electrodynamic tethers are discussed, with the principal aim of establishing useful sources of fundamental theory in the literature, as well as highlighting important technology and mission development papers. The large-scale international effort that continues to be made in the area of space tether research is evident, with major literature contributions from the world-wide scientific and technical community. The overarching theme of the paper is to show the richness and diversity of tether modelling that has been undertaken in recent times, and to emphasise, by means of many different examples, that dynamics and control are the two fundamentally important aspects of all tether concepts, designs, and mission architectures.
AB - The review paper attempts to provide a useful contextualised source of references for the student interested in learning about space tethers, and their potential for propulsion of payloads in Space. The two principal categories of momentum exchange and electrodynamic tethers are discussed, with the principal aim of establishing useful sources of fundamental theory in the literature, as well as highlighting important technology and mission development papers. The large-scale international effort that continues to be made in the area of space tether research is evident, with major literature contributions from the world-wide scientific and technical community. The overarching theme of the paper is to show the richness and diversity of tether modelling that has been undertaken in recent times, and to emphasise, by means of many different examples, that dynamics and control are the two fundamentally important aspects of all tether concepts, designs, and mission architectures.
KW - space tether
KW - tether modelling
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-37849037221&partnerID=40&md5=7afeecbe24cd36b8cb8645ef716471b6
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376042107000656
U2 - 10.1016/j.paerosci.2007.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.paerosci.2007.08.002
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - Progress in Aerospace Sciences
JF - Progress in Aerospace Sciences
SN - 0376-0421
IS - 1
ER -