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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