Jupiter’s magnetic field can provide propulsion and power to spaceships or satellites. Electrodynamic tether (EDT) can be used propulsion and power generation for a spacecraft in the Jovian system.

Kounotori 6 has a 2,300-foot electrodynamic tether (EDT), which could one day be used to send space junk back into the atmosphere where it can burn up safely. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

A cable that's as long as six football fields has been launched into orbit — and when it's deployed, it'll test an idea to knock out orbital debris. Japan's space agency sent the electrodynamic ...

An electrodynamic tether (EDT) is a simple idea, but one with an amazing number of uses.

Japanese space agency JAXA is testing a way to collect and destroy space junk. Space debris is becoming an increasingly large problem for space agencies and private companies.. A prototype system ...

In early November the Tether Electrodynamic Propulsion CubeSat Experiment (TEPCE), already in orbit, is set to make its move under the watchful gaze of telescopes on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Tethers Unlimited has flight data from three deployments of its Terminator Tape, a 70-meter electrodynamic tether. Credit: Tethers Unlimited SAN FRANCISCO – Tethers Unlimited’s Terminator Tape ...

For STARS 2, the electrodynamic tether is expected to deploy, initially by a spring mechanism, to a length of 300 meters between the mother and daughter satellite, ...

It consists of a lightweight electrodynamic tether 5 kilometers in length wound onto a spool. Here's how it works: The Terminator Tether is bolted onto the satellite during construction.