Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

5mt Payload Tether Boost Facilityfor In-Space Transportation Architecture• Reusable In-Space TransportationInfrastructure• Payload Launched to 325 km LEO• Tether Boosts Payload to Elliptical Orbit• Tether Uses Electrodynamic Thrust to ReboostAnalysis of Other Propulsion Technologies withMX Tether Assist:• Delta-II-Class LV Launches 5,000 kg Spacecraft• Tether Boosts Spacecraft to C 3 = -1.9 km 2 /s 2• High-Thrust Propulsion Systems:– Do Injection Burn at Perigee (570 km, 10.62 km/s)• Low-Thrust Propulsion Systems:– Use Lunar Swingby to Escape Earth’s Gravity WellTUI/MMOSTT 10Tether System Point Design:• Boost 10,000 kg to GTO• Boost 5,000 kg Vehicle to :– Highly Elliptical Orbit (C 3=-1.9)– Lunar Transfer Trajectory– Escape Via Lunar Swingby• Tether Facility Launch Mass: 63 mt– Deploy using 3 Delta-IV-H LV’s– Retain Delta Upper Stages for Ballast– 200 kW EOL Power Supply for 1 Month Reboost