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Motion parameters of an electrodynamic tether in orbit

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The equilibrium states of an electrodynamic tether between two bodies of small mass in a near-polar orbit are studied. The behavior of the following parameters is traced during an astronomical day: tension of the tether, its radius of curvature, the angle of deviation from the orbital plane, induced electrodynamic force, etc. The lifetime of the tether in a circular near-earth orbit is analyzed

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  1. S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

    A. E. Zakrzhevskii

  2. Institute of Technical Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, National Space Agency, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

    A. V. Pirozhenko

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 111–121, March 2007.

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Zakrzhevskii, A.E., Pirozhenko, A.V. Motion parameters of an electrodynamic tether in orbit. Int Appl Mech 43, 335–343 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-007-0029-3

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