Not to be confused with magnetic sail or photon sail.
The Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) is a spacecraft concept using an electric sail
An electric sail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust. It creates a "virtual" sail by using small wires to form an electric field that deflects solar wind protons and extracts their momentum. The idea was first conceptualised by Pekka Janhunen in 2006 at the Finnish Meteorological Institute.[1]
^Electric Sail For Producing Spacecraft Propulsion. Patent filed on 2 February 2007; PatentScope.
An electricsail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the...
sail propulsion mechanism, which is claimed to have several advantages. Pekka Janhunen from FMI has proposed a type of solar sail called the electric...
near a planet. Magnetic sail, a proposed system powered by solar wind from the Sun or any star List of spacecraft with electric propulsion, a list of past...
223W. Perakis, N.; Andreas M. Hein (2016). "Combining Magnetic and ElectricSails for Interstellar Deceleration". Cornell University. 128: 13–20. arXiv:1603...
A magnetic sail is a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion where an onboard magnetic field source interacts with a plasma wind (e.g., the solar wind)...
A nuclear electric rocket (more properly nuclear electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion system where thermal energy from a nuclear reactor...
Chevrolet Sail was exported to Chile as the Chevrolet Corsa Plus. The Corsa Plus includes dual front airbags, anti-lock brakes, air conditioning, electric windows...
[citation needed] Janhunen is best known for his electric solar wind sail invention. Janhunen's electricsail could enable travel at speeds of up to 100 km/s...
A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma. This is in contrast with ion thruster engines...
create a propellantless drive, often described as the "Casimir Sail", or a "Quantum Sail". This concept is based on the general relativity theory and the...
electric spacecraft propulsion. PPTs are generally considered the simplest form of electric spacecraft propulsion and were the first form of electric...
needed] Electric propulsion architectures of particular interest to the GRC are Ion and Hall thrusters.[citation needed] One system combines solar sails, a...
thrust. Hall effect thruster Ion thruster Magnetohydrodynamics Magnetic sail Pulsed plasma thruster Solar panels on spacecraft Spacecraft propulsion VASIMR...
propulsion with electric power generated by fusion instead of direct thrust. Spacecraft propulsion methods such as ion thrusters require electric power to run...
at least hypergolic ignition) were far less prone to hard starts than electric or pyrotechnic ignition. The "hypergole" terminology was coined by Dr....
propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electricsail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
distance between multiple space vehicles flying in formation. Electricsail A form of solar wind sail with electrically charged tethers that will be pushed by...
It is a plasma propulsion engine, one of several types of spacecraft electric propulsion systems. The VASIMR method for heating plasma was originally...
Observatory Dyson–Harrop satellite Electricsail Heliospheric current sheet Helium focusing cone Interplanetary medium Magnetic sail Parker Solar Probe Plasmasphere...
power is constant (less momentum per unit of energy given to propellant). Electric propulsion methods like mass drivers are systems where energy does not...
propulsion Cold gas thruster Water rocket Steam rocket Solar sail Diffractive Electricsail Magnetic sail Solar thermal rocket Photon rocket WINE Chemical propulsion...
large sail ahead of it, attached by independent cables, and then launch nuclear explosives forward to detonate between itself and its sail. The sail would...
propulsion systems were first demonstrated in space by the NASA Lewis "Space Electric Rocket Test" (SERT) I and II. These thrusters used mercury as the reaction...
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