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YES2 team claims a space tether world record
 
8 November 2007

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Deployment of the YES2 educational payload on the Foton-M3 mission

Credits: ESA
 
 
The 30 km tether coiled inside FLOYD
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YES2 was designed to see if an alternative to chemical rocket de-orbiting is possible. The tether is very strong and in total is 32 km long, but only 0.5 mm thick!

Credits: Fabio De Pascale
 
 
YES2 being lowered onto the Foton
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YES2 is gently lowered onto the Foton battery pack using the roof mounted crane.

Credits: Fabio De Pascale
 
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The Foton lift off from Baikonur launch pad
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The Soyuz-U rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 GMT) on 14 September 2007, for the start of the 12-day Foton-M3 mission and the YES2 deployment.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja 2007
 


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