Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構
出版者（英）
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
雑誌名
宇宙航空研究開発機構研究開発報告: 磁気プラズマセイルの推力発生メカニズムの解明
雑誌名(英)
JAXA Research and Development Report: Elucidation of Thrust Generation Mechanism of Magnetic Sail
A 150-kg-class engineering satellite for the demonstration of magnetic sail was studied. When the satellite is inserted into an orbit whose perigee is out of the geomagnetic field, a 2-m-diameter superconducting coil is initiated by a battery discharge, obtaining 3-T magnetic field at the surface of the superconducting coil. The coil will be cooled by liquid helium cryostat, hence the coil operation is valid only while the liquid helium is kept, maybe a week or so; during this duration, the magnetic sail is expected to produce 1 micro N thrust. Although the thrust level is very small, it will be measured by a precise orbit determination so as to demonstrate the world's first thrust production of the magnetic sail in space.
小型磁気セイル飛翔実験の検討
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