During many of the earliest American and Russian space missions, experiments were performed using cables to connect people and objects to spacecraft in orbit. These attempts generated considerable information about the formation of tethered systems and basic problems with tether orientation and gravity-gradient stabilization. During the 1970s, inte

A.P. Alpatov is with the NAS and NSA of Ukraine. V.V. Beletsky is with Moscow State University, Russia. V.I. Dranovsky is with the NSA of Ukraine and the Youzhnoye State Design Office.

Tethered Systems in Space: A Short introduction. Equations of Motion of Space Tether Systems. Analysis of The Motion of TSS. Use of Resonance for Motion Control. Deployment of Tethered Space Systems.