What Is A Mooring System?

TCOM has perfected ground support equipment required to safely and surely control the tether through specially designed winching machinery, over a wide range of tensions, without causing damage or excessive wear to the vital tether link. The mooring system has been developed to reliably maneuver the aerostat during critical launch and recovery cycles and to protect the aerostat while moored in all kinds of unfavorable weather. It is used to store the tether when the aerostat is on the ground, to maintain the tether at the desired length in flight and to outhaul and inhaul the aerostat during launch and retrieval. Furthermore, the mooring system conditions the electrical power for the tether cable as supplied by either commercial power or on-site diesel generators.

Because aerostats are used in a variety of locations and circumstances, TCOM offers a growing variety of mooring systems to meet these needs. Please refer to the individual aerostat for the type of mooring system(s) available with that system.