Tethered Satellite Bearth Return path through ionosphere Figure 23.12 Motional emf as electrical power conversion for the space shuttle is the motivation for the Tethered Satellite experiment. A 5 kV emf was predicted to be induced in the 20 km long tether while moving at orbital speed in the Earth's magnetic field. The circuit is completed by a return path through the stationary ionosphere.

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In the August 1992 space shuttle flight, only 250 m of the conducting tether considered could be let out. A 40.0 V motional emf was generated in the Earth’s 5.00×10−5 T field, while moving at 7.80×103 m/s . What was the angle between the shuttle’s velocity and the Earth’s field, assuming the conductor was perpendicular to the field?

Tethered Satellite
Bearth
Return
path
through
ionosphere
Figure 23.12 Motional emf as electrical power conversion for the space shuttle is the motivation for the Tethered Satellite experiment. A 5 kV emf
was predicted to be induced in the 20 km long tether while moving at orbital speed in the Earth's magnetic field. The circuit is completed by a
return path through the stationary ionosphere.
Transcribed Image Text:Tethered Satellite Bearth Return path through ionosphere Figure 23.12 Motional emf as electrical power conversion for the space shuttle is the motivation for the Tethered Satellite experiment. A 5 kV emf was predicted to be induced in the 20 km long tether while moving at orbital speed in the Earth's magnetic field. The circuit is completed by a return path through the stationary ionosphere.
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