A newly developed high power solid state switch might have enabled a propellantless propulsion system (PPS), based on the Lenz’s Law interactions of a very rapidly pulsed magnet. Although only limited propulsion would be provided with each pulse, and then only during the 100-nanosecond ramp-up of the pulse, the newly developed switch produces 400,000 high power pulses per second. A PPS of this type would consist of an electrical power supply, the switch, and a solenoid with a plate on one end to produce an asymmetry in the magnetic field. Other applications might include propulsion with reduced thermal and acoustical signatures, and a means to dampen inertia.


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    Title :

    A possible propellantless propulsion system


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 2001 ; 2001 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 552 , 1 ; 976-978


    Publication date :

    2001-02-02


    Size :

    3 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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