Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

Table of Contents1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 References ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 System Requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 33.1 System Performance .................................................................................................................................... 33.1.1 Payload Mass........................................................................................................................................ 33.1.2 Nominal Pickup Orbit .......................................................................................................................... 33.1.3 Nominal Release Orbit ......................................................................................................................... 33.1.4 Release Orbit Insertion Error ............................................................................................................... 33.1.5 Payload Interfaces & Accommodation................................................................................................ 33.1.6 Payload Environment ........................................................................................................................... 33.1.7 Turnaround Time.................................................................................................................................. 33.2 System Durability, Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety ...................................................................... 33.2.1 Design Life ........................................................................................................................................... 33.2.2 Maximum Lifetime............................................................................................................................... 43.2.3 Repairability.......................................................................................................................................... 43.2.4 Evolvability........................................................................................................................................... 43.2.5 Disposal................................................................................................................................................. 43.2.6 Fail Operational .................................................................................................................................... 43.2.7 Two-Failure Safety............................................................................................................................... 43.2.8 Collision Avoidance ............................................................................................................................. 43.2.9 Operational Orbital Lifetime................................................................................................................ 53.2.10 Payload Pickup Reliability................................................................................................................. 53.3 Communications, Control, Sensing, & Telemetry ..................................................................................... 53.3.1 Communicate Mission Readiness........................................................................................................ 53.3.2 Communicate Status............................................................................................................................. 53.3.3 Automated Mission Profile .................................................................................................................. 53.4 Deployment.................................................................................................................................................. 53.4.1 Launch Vehicle..................................................................................................................................... 53.4.2 First Launch Capability........................................................................................................................ 54 Ground Rules & Assumptions............................................................................................................................ 64.1 Safety Factor ................................................................................................................................................ 64.2 Economic Analysis Window ....................................................................................................................... 64.3 Power Source ............................................................................................................................................... 64.4 Primary Propulsion ...................................................................................................................................... 64.5 PAA Role in Rendezvous & Grapple.......................................................................................................... 64.6 Tether Control Station Reeling Rate........................................................................................................... 64.7 Tether Control Station Thermal Control..................................................................................................... 64.8 Facility Minimum Mass............................................................................ 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