Tethers Unlimited's Multi-Application Survivable Tether Experiment Reaches Orbit

By Marc Boucher on April 17, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 Comments

Tethers Unlimited's "Multi-Application Survivable Tether" (MAST) Experiment today reached orbit as a secondary payload on a Dnepr rocket as a part of the University CubeSat program.

The MAST experiment consists of three picosatellites. For launch, these three picosatellites stack together into a volume about the size of a loaf of bread. Once on orbit, the picosatellites will separate and deploy a 1,000 meter long Hoytether™ structure.

Call for Papers for the 2011 Space Elevator Conference: The theme of the 2011 Space Elevator Conference is: Developing Stronger, Lighter Tethers - "30 MYuri or Bust" and seems…; By Marc Boucher | Comments (0)
ISEC Releases its First Position Paper: The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) has released its first position paper titled Space Elevator Survivability Space Debris Mitigation in…; By Marc Boucher | Comments (0)
61th International Astronautical Congress Space Elevator Papers Available: At the 61th International Astronautical Congress in Prague the Space Elevator and Tethers session was chaired by Dr. Peter A.…; By Marc Boucher | Comments (0)