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    Electrodynamic tethers (EDTs) are long conducting wires, such as one deployed from a tether satellite, which can operate on electromagnetic principles...
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    space tethers are in development: Electrodynamic tethers Electrodynamic tethers are primarily used for propulsion. These are conducting tethers that carry...
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  • object will cause the rotating tether to lose energy, and thus lose velocity and altitude. However, using electrodynamic tether thrusting, or ion propulsion...
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    force or gravity gradient effects. Tethers can be deployed for a range of applications, including electrodynamic propulsion, momentum exchange, artificial...
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    drive interacts only with photons. Electrodynamic tethers are long conducting wires, such as one deployed from a tether satellite, which can operate on electromagnetic...
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    Electrodynamics (ROPE), Research on Electrodynamic Tether Effects (RETE), Magnetic Field Experiment for TSS Missions (TEMAG), Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether...
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  • space Electrodynamic tether, a conductive space tether which generates current and acts against a planetary magnetic field Momentum exchange tether, a kind...
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    in space. KITE (Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment) was an experimental electrodynamic tether (EDT). The tether was equipped with a 20 kg end-mass,...
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    used for electricity generation (such as thermionic converters and electrodynamic tethers) or cooling. Thermionic vacuum tubes emit electrons from a hot cathode...
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    Instead of rockets, an electrodynamic tether could be attached to a spacecraft at launch; at the end of its lifetime, the tether would be rolled out to...
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  • Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II or STARS-II, was a nanosatellite built by Japan's Kagawa University to test an electrodynamic tether in low...
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    energy, hence no orbit is infinitely stable. Satellites using an electrodynamic tether, moving through the Earth's magnetic field, create drag force that...
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  • computer systems EDT Hub, electronic document transmission software Electrodynamic tether, a spacecraft component Event dispatching thread, in Java Australian...
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  • MHD to the space environment such as in experiments like NASA's electrodynamic tether, Lorentz Actuated Orbits, the wingless electromagnetic air vehicle...
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    ignition followed with 300V sustained power. List of light sources Electrodynamic tether § Hollow cathode Eichhorn, H.; Schoenbach, K. H.; Tessnow, T. (1993)...
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    field Sprites and lightning Whistler (radio) Telluric current Other Electrodynamic tether Solar radiation See Flashes in the Sky: Earth's Gamma-Ray Bursts...
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    line-of-sight. The open system electrodynamic tether, which uses the ionosphere, is being researched. The space tether uses plasma contactors and the...
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  • supposed to deploy an electrodynamic tether to help it deorbit. The satellite failed early into its mission, so the electrodynamic tether experiment probably...
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    protons from solar wind to produce thrust. It is similar to an electrodynamic tether in that the craft only needs to supply electricity to operate. Solar...
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    atmosphere and make measurements for relay to Earth via the main body. Electrodynamic tether Magnetic sail Electric Sail For Producing Spacecraft Propulsion...
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  • mission STS-75 conducted research in space with the electrodynamic tether generator and other tether configurations. The program suffered from two incidents...
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    Slostad, "Early Results of the Multi-Application Survivable Tether (MAST) Space Tether Experiment," Proceedings of the 21st AIAA/USU Conference on Small...
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    accelerating propellant to high speed, while some systems are based on electrodynamic tethers principles of propulsion to the magnetosphere. An electric motor...
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    Gregory L.; Johnson, Less (February 2005). "Applications of the Electrodynamic Tether to Interstellar Travel" (PDF). Chow, Denise (26 October 2011). "Discovery:...
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    launching from very remote areas. A few relatively small space-based electrodynamic tethers could be deployed to quickly eject the energetic particles from...
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    Magnetic sail (category Electrodynamics)
    Space portal Electric sail – Proposed spacecraft propulsion device Electrodynamic tether – Long conducting wires which can act as electrical motors or generators...
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    radiation on boilers which produce steam to drive generators; and electrodynamic tethers which generate electricity from the powerful magnetic fields of...
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    RFA One Andøya RFA ⚀ E.T.PACK SENER Aeroespacial / UC3M Low Earth Electrodynamic tether demonstration   2026 (TBD) RFA One Andøya RFA Harmony 1 Plus Ultra...
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  • originated the MXER Tether concept, which combines momentum-exchange techniques with electrodynamic reboost propulsion to enable a bolo tether system to serve...
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  • Space Energy Needs Jack L. Kerrebrock, 1987 "Applications of the Electrodynamic Tether to Interstellar Travel" Gregory L. Matloff, Less Johnson, February...
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