Electrical behavior of a Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System (SETS)

Details Electrical behavior of a Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System (SETS) Electrical behavior of a Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System (SETS)

Feb 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981p%26ss...29..139b&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 29, Issue 2, p. 139-147.

Physics

Plasma Physics

31

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Many novel electrodynamic and space plasma physics experiments can be done from the space shuttle using a gravity gradient stabilized sub-satellite tethered 10-30 km above the Orbiter via a long, conducting wire which is insulated from the ionospheric plasma. This system, called the Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System (SETS), is described in the present paper with emphasis upon the various electrical processes which determine its coupling to the ambient plasma. The three most important physical effects include sheath formation and electron collection by the sub-satellite, the generation of a large emf through the orbital motion of the tether across geomagnetic field lines, and the active ejection of electrons from the Orbiter into the surrounding ionosphere. An electrical circuit analogy is presented for SETS together with a brief outline of possible areas related to the artificial generation of magnetohydrodynamic waves.

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