SRC-732
Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch (HASTOL) Architecture Study, Phase II: Final Report
The Boeing Company Phantom Works, with Tethers Unlimited Inc. (NIAC subcontract 07600-040) ·2001-10-31 · T3 government or agency report · VC10
Commissioned by NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (USRA contract NAS5-98051). Who paid for a study is recorded because it bears on how its conclusions should be read, not because it makes them wrong.
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- CLM-1367 A long spinning cable in low orbit dips its end down to 150 km, grabs a cargo pod from a very fast plane, and flings it towards a high orbit.
- CLM-1368 The study found a 600 to 900 km cable works best. Shorter ones jerk the cargo too hard, longer ones get too heavy. Its first design spun faster than it needed to.
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