Tethers Unlimited (TUI) develops innovative technologies to enable new capabilities and dramatic cost savings for missions in Space, Sea, and Air. Tethers Unlimited's projects include remediation of space debris, propellant-less propulsion for Earth-to-orbit launch and in-space transfer, and on-orbit manufacturing and assembly of large space systems. The firm has special capabilities in Specialties Space Tether Technologies, CubeSat & Nanosat Component Technologies, Optical Fiber Winding & Deployment, On-Orbit Manufacturing and Assembly, High-Power Plasma Thrusters, Navigation Technologies, Spacecraft Deployable Mechanisms and Structures. TUI has primary focus and expertise involving components for small satellites, robotic assembly and fabrication technologies, optical fiber winding and deployment, navigation sensors, SDR-based communications systems, and other advanced technology areas. TUI's staff has expertise in a broad range of technology areas, including: Space Tether Technologies, Nanosatellite technologies & flight demonstrations, Space Robotic and Sensor Systems, Additive Manufacturing of Spacecraft Components, Optical Fiber Winding and Deployment, Integration, Testing, and Flight Operations of Spacecraft Systems, Plasma Physics (Experimental and Simulation), Spacecraft Grapple Technologies, Orbital Dynamics, Analysis of Complex Flexible Structures and Plasma Thruster Technologies.
