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This paper is concerned with the problem of shape-retaining spatial tether configurations in a circular Keplerian orbit. Sufficient conditions of shape retention are described, which are imposed on the geometry of the structure, distribution of mass in the nodes, and parameters of rotation. The paper also mentions classes of structures with different properties of symmetry and motion, as well as specific examples of shaperetaining structures.
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Original Russian Text © A.Yu. Kogan, 2016, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2016, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 439–444.
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Kogan, A.Y. Spatial orbital tether constructions. Cosmic Res 54, 405–409 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952516050038
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952516050038