@inproceedings{oai:jaxa.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006387,
 author = {Sanmartin, Juan R. and Charro, Mario},
 book = {宇宙航空研究開発機構特別資料, JAXA Special Publication: 9th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {Use of propulsion systems that couple electrodynamic tethers to ion thrusters, as suggested in the literature, is discussed. The system establishes electrical contact with the ionospheric plasma, at the anodic end of the tether, by ejecting ions instead of collecting electrons; also, the ion thruster adds its thrust to the Lorentz force on the tether. In this paper, we analyze the performance of this coupled system, as measured by the ratio of mission impulse (thrust times mission duration) to the overall system mass, which includes the power subsystem mass, the tether subsystem mass, and the propellant mass consumed in the ion thruster. It is shown that a tether acting by itself, collecting electrons at its anodic end, substantially outperforms the coupled system for times longer than a characteristic time of the ion thruster, for which propellant mass equals the power subsystem mass; for shorter times performances are shown to be similar., 資料番号: AA0049206072, レポート番号: JAXA-SP-05-001E},
 pages = {653--657},
 publisher = {宇宙航空研究開発機構, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)},
 title = {Performance of coupled ED-tether/ion thruster system},
 volume = {JAXA-SP-05-001E},
 year = {2005}
}