Apogee / Tethers Unlimited Inc. / GTO TRANSPORT Robert P. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited Inc. / the Boeing Company / R. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited Inc. / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Reorganization / /
Facility
sec Tether Transport Facility / Power System Sizing / LEO⇒GTO Tether Boost Facility / V power system / NASAÕs Institute / Tether Boost Facility / American Institute of Aeronautics / NASA Institute / Control Station / HEFT Facility / Abstract The LEO⇒GTO Tether Boost Facility / /
IndustryTerm
tether transportation system / neutral gas density variations / identical hardware / orbital energy / in-space transportation infrastructure / higher energy orbit / panel technology / transportation architecture / identi cal equipment / energy / satellite deployment / advantageous compared chemical rockets / energy balance / tether transportation capability / minimal-energy lunar transfer orbit / cost-competitive transportation service / tether systems / multi-tether systems / facilityÕs orbital energy / orbit energy / frequent round-trip travel / numerical simulation tool / high-energy transfer trajectory / energy vis-viva energy / energy storage system / /
Organization
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics / NASA Institute / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Center of Mass Thrust Current JxB Force Torque Earth / Payload Accommodation Assembly / Grapple Assembly / NASAÕs Institute for Advanced Concepts / /
Person
Failure Resistant Multiline Tether / Brian Tillotson / Harvey Willenberg / Bill Klus / Michal Bangham / Moon-Mars Tether / Ben Donahue / Robert P. Hoyt / John Blumer / Robert L. Forward / John Grant / Kirk Sorensen / Beth Fleming / Robert Forward / / /
AIAADESIGN AND SIMULATION OF A TETHER BOOST FACILITY FOR LEO⇒GTO TRANSPORT R. Hoyt Tethers Unlimited, Inc., Seattle, WA