This paper introduces history of space tethers, including tether concepts and tether missions,
and attempts to provide a source of references for historical understanding of space tethers …

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 …

In the last decades, green deorbiting technologies have begun to be investigated and have
raised a great interest in the space community. Among the others, electrodynamic tethers …

Because the tether of a tethered satellite system (TSS) can be extremely long, it would be
difficult to inspect the damage to the tether. The ultimate configuration of a TSS could be a …

A spaceflight validation of bare electrodynamic tape tether technology was conducted. A
S520-25 sounding rocket was launched successfully at 05: 00am on 31 August 2010 and …

Heaterless hollow cathodes are a promising solution for reaching a good cathodic contact in
electrodynamic tether systems. However, these cathodes cannot keep the plasma discharge …

During the summer of 2010, NASA's Office of Chief Technologist assembled 15 civil service
teams to support the creation of a NASA integrated technology roadmap. The Aero-Space …

This paper focuses on the rigid-flexible coupling modeling and dynamics of a bare tape-
shaped Tethered Satellite System (TSS). The rigid element is adopted to discretize the tape …

Tethered satellite systems (TSSs) have shown great application potential in space missions,
such as debris capture, active debris removal, and tether assisted observation. When the …

The space debris occupies the orbit resources greatly, which seriously threats the safety of
spacecraft for its high risks of collisions. Many theories about space debris removal have …