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Tethered satellite systems (TSSs) open up the possibility of alternative forms of transportation such as space elevators, which could conceivably replace conventional space transportation systems in the foreseeable future. A simplified dynamic model of a TSS with a single climber is used to evaluate the fundamental librational motion. An optimal acceleration climber transit control scheme is developed...