@inproceedings{ea0e37aa937848dfa66f691b32ff6c88,
title = "Tether-nets for active space debris removal: Effect of the tether on deployment and capture dynamics",
abstract = "A promising method to mitigate the space debris problem is to actively capture and remove debris by means of tether-nets. The chaser-tether-net-debris system is modeled with rigid bodies connected by constraints; the tether can be spooled in and out by controlling a winch on the chaser. Through dynamics simulation, this paper analyzes the effect of the tether and its tensioning on net deployment and capture dynamics of space debris. This provides interesting insight into the preferred winching of the tether and into the feasibility of using the tether as a closing mechanism.",
author = "Botta, \{Eleonora M.\} and Inna Sharf and Misra, \{Arun K.\}",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780877036371",
series = "Advances in the Astronautical Sciences",
publisher = "Univelt Inc.",
pages = "2003--2016",
editor = "Sims, \{Jon A.\} and Leve, \{Frederick A.\} and McMahon, \{Jay W.\} and Yanping Guo",
booktitle = "Spaceflight Mechanics 2017",
note = "27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2017 ; Conference date: 05-02-2017 Through 09-02-2017",
}