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• EDDE is the first of a new class of space vehicles • Roams over LEO like a UAV in controlled air space • Crosses satellite orbits, actively avoiding collisions • EDDE needs to coordinate Flight Plans for safe navigation 14
SEDS-1 and SEDS-2, NASA Marshall ● Deployed 20 km braided Spectra tether; sent 26 kg end-mass into controlled reentry PMG (Plasma Motor Generator), NASA JSC ● Demonstrated motor/generator operation; enables EDDE vehicle TiPS, Naval Research Laboratory ● Libration damped in months; demonstrated 10-year lifetime for 2 mm x 4 km tether TEPCE, Naval Research Laboratory ● Planned CubeSat demonstration of deployment, emission and collection All tethers and deployers by J. Carroll, TAI 15
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