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Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) is an American private aerospace company headquartered near Seattle, Washington, which performs research and development of new products and technologies for space, sea, and air.
Tethers Unlimited was founded in 1994 by Rob Hoyt and the late science-fiction author Robert L. Forward, initially with the idea of developing tethers as power-generating and orbit-changing tools ...
Smart satellite bus provider. Spacecraft manufacturing and integration services, for small satellites (50–250 kg). Hughes Aircraft: United States purchased by Boeing: IHI Corporation: Japan In-Space Missions [8] United Kingdom Launching first satellite in Q2 2020 Innovative Solutions in Space [9] Netherlands 490 CubeSats Libre Space ...
Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited will have its technology for deorbiting space debris put to its most ambitious test next year, during a satellite mission that will be conducted in league ...
Hoyt is the CEO and Chief Scientist of Tethers Unlimited, Inc. Hoyt also co-founded ScienceOps in 2007, a company that develops custom scientific algorithms and software for a wide range of industries, including biotech, online advertising, and aerospace. ScienceOps was acquired by Acquisio in 2012.
Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited built the device, which is about the size of a mini fridge and is known as the Refabricator, in cooperation with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in ...
A momentum exchange tether is a kind of space tether that could theoretically be used as a launch system, or to change spacecraft orbits. Momentum exchange tethers create a controlled force on the end-masses of the system due to the pseudo-force known as centrifugal force. While the tether system rotates, the objects on either end of the tether ...
TDRS Program Logo Location of TDRS as of March 2019 An unflown TDRS on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.. The U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS, pronounced "T-driss") is a network of American communications satellites (each called a tracking and data relay satellite, TDRS) and ground stations used by NASA for space communications.