The Small Expendable-Tether Deployment System (SEDS) is a light-weight deployer capable of deploying instrumented packages and other tethered payloads up to a distance of 20 km. The system is simple and inexpensive because it does not retrieve the tethered payloads. The deployer is attached to the second stage of a Delta II which acts as a stabilized platform for the deployment of tethered payloads. SEDS is particularly suitable for complementing the Tethered Satellite missions by providing a flexible system for experimenting with the tether-in-space technology. SEDS can also provide a convenient way for testing instruments and/or procedures which require the use of long tethers.


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    Titel :

    In-orbit experimentation with the Small Expendable-Tether Deployment System


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.1990


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







    Small Expendable-tether Deployer System (SEDS) development status

    HARRISON, JAMES / RUPP, CHARLES / CARROLL, JOSEPH et al. | AIAA | 1989


    Small Expendable-tether Deployer System (SEDS) development status

    Harrison, James K. / Rupp, Charles C. / Carroll, Joseph A. et al. | NTRS | 1989