More than half a century after pioneering theoretical works proposed them, about 27
missions with long orbiting conductors have been carried out on suborbital and orbital …

About the Author: Eugene M. Levin is one of the leading specialists on space tether
dynamics in the world, whose research activity in the field spans almost three decades. His …

The increasing number of man-made objects in near-earth space is becoming a serious
problem for future space missions around the Earth. Among the proposed strategies to face …

THE development of tether technology for space has already experienced 18 suborbital and
orbital flights, beginning with the Gemini–Agena tether experiments in 1967. Eight of those …

The main novelties and capabilities of the second version of the Bare Electrodynamic Tether
Mission Analysis Software (BETsMA v2. 0) are presented. Recent advances on Orbital …

This paper proposes a piecewise two-phased optimal control scheme for fast nanosatellite
deorbit by a short electrodynamic tether. The first phase concerns the open-loop control …

This paper studies the dynamics of nanosatellite deorbit by a bare electrodynamic tether.
The orbital dynamics of the tethered nanosatellite is modeled in Gaussian perturbation …

A low-work-function tether is a long conductor coated with a low-work-function material that
orbits around a planet with both the magnetic field and ionosphere. Depending on the work …

The current space environment, consisting of manmade debris and micrometeoroids, poses
a risk to safe operations in space, and the situation is continuously deteriorating due to in …

De-orbiting satellites at end of mission would prevent generation of new space debris. A
proposed de-orbit technology involves a bare conductive tape-tether, which uses neither …