caa a22 4500 606244875 CHVBK 20210128101332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12567-015-0080-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12567-015-0080-6 Wrecker: an unreeling mechanism for a thin electrically conductive space tether [Elektronische Daten] [R. Rosta, O. Krömer, T. Zoest, P. Janhunen, M. Noorma] This paper presents the development of a deployment mechanism for the first demonstration mission of the Electrical Sail (Esail) propulsion concept. The mechanism will fly on Estonia's first satellite, the EstCube-1 picosatellite. The major goals of this mission are the deployment of a 10-m tether by the WRECKER mechanism and the positive charging of the tether to interact with Earth's ionosphere. The force acting on the tether will be measured to demonstrate the functionality of the Esail concept. The WRECKER mechanism can be further established as a standard tether deployment mechanism for deorbiting picosatellites. CEAS, 2015 Wrecker nationallicence Esail nationallicence EstCube-1 nationallicence In-orbit demonstration nationallicence Rosta R. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut Krömer O. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut Zoest T. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut Janhunen P. FMI-Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland aut Noorma M. University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia aut CEAS Space Journal Springer Vienna 7/1(2015-03-01), 53-68 1868-2502 7:1<53 2015 7 12567 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-015-0080-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-015-0080-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosta R. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krömer O. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zoest T. DLR, Institute of Space Systems, Robert-Hooke-Str. 7, 28359, Bremen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Janhunen P. FMI-Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Noorma M. University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CEAS Space Journal Springer Vienna 7/1(2015-03-01), 53-68 1868-2502 7:1<53 2015 7 12567