Effects of Separation Strategy on Deployment of Multitethered Chain-Type Satellite System

Figure 5

Dynamic behaviors of Case A: (a) length variation of tethers, (b) in-plane angles and the deviation of them, (c) out-of-plane angles and the deviation of them, and (d) the configuration of system in orbital plane during deployment.

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