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Space Tether Experiment

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Environmental and Space Electromagnetics

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Space tether experiments studied in the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science(ISAS) are described. One is a l0km-tether experiment on a reusable space platform, Space Flyer Unit(SFU), to establish the technologies of space tether. It is also aimed to study plasma environment surrounding a spacecraft by a tethered plasma diagnostics. Another is a l00km-tether system deployed from a large satellite to be launched by our new rocket(M-V), to measure the geophysical parameters of the lower ionosphere by multiple-tethered subsatellites.

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  1. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, 229, Japan

    S. Sasaki & K. Oyama

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  1. College of Science & Technology, Nihon University, 1-8-14, Kanda Surugadai, 101, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Kikuchi (Professor, URSI Commission E Chairman) (Professor, URSI Commission E Chairman)

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Sasaki, S., Oyama, K. (1991). Space Tether Experiment. In: Kikuchi, H. (eds) Environmental and Space Electromagnetics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68162-5_4

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