Complementary experiments for tether dynamics analysis

Dennis Ray Wingo; Cheryl Dawn Bankston

doi:10.1117/12.45880

1 July 1991 Complementary experiments for tether dynamics analysis

Dennis Ray Wingo, Cheryl Dawn Bankston

Proceedings Volume 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45880
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper describes two complimentary experiments, the purpose of which is to measure the forces involved in the deployment in Earth orbit of a tether and its end mass. These two experiments are called TAS, (Three-axis Accelerometer System), and SEASIS, (SEDS Earth Atmospheric and Space Imaging System). The two experiments are flown as a student experiment package within a small satellite. This satellite (SEDSAT 1), which constitutes the end mass, will be deployed propulsively into a higher, permanent orbit utilizing a tethered system. These experiments are proposed to fly on a McDonnell Douglas Delta II as a secondary payload on a Global Positioning System (GPS) mission. This flight will be the third demonstration flight of the Small Expendable Deployer System (SEDS), a project managed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

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Dennis Ray Wingo and Cheryl Dawn Bankston "Complementary experiments for tether dynamics analysis", Proc. SPIE 1495, Small-Satellite Technology and Applications, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45880

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