TSS

Tethered Satellite System

past Mission

Type

Experiment

Launch

June 26, 1992

Location

Space Shuttle Columbia

Objective

Study the electrodynamics of a tether system

TSS was deployed from Space Shuttle Columbia and remained connected by a tether. The shuttle dragged the tether across the Earth’s magnetic field producing one part of a dynamo circuit.

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