2004•Research and Technology 2003Requires access

Lorentz Force Accelerator Technology Investigated

Eric Pencil, Michael R. LaPointe, Lynn Arrington, Hani Kamhawi, Scott Benson, W. Hoskins

Abstract

The NASA Glenn Research Center is developing Lorenz force accelerators (LFAs) for a wide variety of space applications. These range from the precision control of formation-flying spacecraft to the primary propulsion system for very high power interplanetary spacecraft. The specific thruster technologies being addressed are pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT) and magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thrusters.

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Key concepts: Spacecraft, Propulsion, Aerospace engineering, Interplanetary spaceflight, Spacecraft propulsion, Physics, Lorentz force, Range (aeronautics)