Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jbis...46q...3z&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 46, no. 1, p. 3-10.
Computer Science
Performance
Earth Orbital Environments, Solar Sails, Space Transportation, Spacecraft Propulsion, Interplanetary Flight, Lift, Planetary Magnetospheres, Solar Wind, Thrust
Scientific paper
A magnetic sail, or magsail, approach is discussed which uses the magnetic field generated by a loop of superconducting cable to deflect interplanetary or interstellar plasma winds to propel spacecraft. The performance of the magsail operating in a plasma wind is studied using both a particle model and a plasma fluid model. The magsail sailing on the solar wind at a radius of one astronomical unit can attain accelerations on the order of 0.01 m/sq s, which is much greater than that available from a conventional solar light sail. The magsail is capable of transferring payloads to and from any two circular orbits in the solar system in a flight time slightly larger than the Hohmann ballistic transfer time. It is shown that the magsail operating within the magnetosphere can be made to interact usefully with the earth's magnetic poles to generate large amounts of thrust.
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