Powered swing-by using tether cutting

Physics & Astronomy

• tethered satellites 100%
• maneuvers 48%
• orbits 21%
• gravitation 16%
• angular velocity 15%
• satellite rotation 14%
• propellant consumption 13%
• celestial bodies 10%
• gradients 9%
• center of gravity 9%
• propellants 8%
• eccentricity 7%
• spacecraft 6%
• impulses 6%
• anomalies 5%
• trajectories 5%
• orbitals 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Satellites 45%
• Gravitation 17%
• Tetherlines 15%
• Orbits 13%
• Angular velocity 10%
• Propellants 10%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• gravity 14%
• propellant 11%
• eccentricity 5%