最简单的绳系卫星就是从空间轨道站或航天飞机上放出一条长长的金属绳,金属绳的终端连结着一颗小卫星。这即称“二体系统绳系卫星”,空间站或航天飞机是它的主卫星,那颗绳上的称为子卫星。有时应各种需要,一个主卫星可带有多个子卫星(有多条金属绳)这种体系便称多体系卫星系统。 The simplest tethered satellite is the release of a long metal rope from a space station or space shuttle. The end of the metal rope is attached to a small satellite. This is called “two-body system tethered satellite,” space station or space shuttle is its main satellite, that rope is called a satellite. Sometimes, depending on needs, a satellite can have multiple satellites (with multiple metal ropes). This system is referred to as a multi-system satellite system.