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Descripción
The problem of estimating the necessary conditions under which a passive electrodynamic tether (EDT) increases the orbital energy of a satellite is studied in its full generality. We derive the thrust conditions of both spinning and non-spinning EDT and the maximum achievable thrust for a generic orbit and tether attitude. After showing that in general thrust arcs are possible even when the orbital velocity exceeds the plasma velocity we show an example of EDT orbit raising starting from a low-altitude equatorial elliptic orbit around Jupiter.
Internacional	Si
Nombre congreso	The 19th AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting.
Tipo de participación	960
Lugar del congreso	Savannah, Georgia,
Revisores	Si
ISBN o ISSN	1081-6003
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso	08/02/2009
Fecha fin congreso	12/02/2009
Desde la página	2161
Hasta la página	2177
Título de las actas	American Astronautical Society by Univelt, Incorporated, P.O. Box 28130, San Diego, California 92198 Web Site: http://www.univelt.com Printed and Bound in the U.S.A.

Esta actividad pertenece a memorias de investigación

• Autor: Jesus Pelaez Alvarez (UPM)
• Autor: Claudio Bombardelli (UPM)

• Creador: Departamento: Física Aplicada a la Ingeniería Aeronáutica