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Plasma accelerator system

  • US 3,151,259 A
  • Filed: 08/18/1959
  • Issued: 09/29/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1959
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A METHOD OF PRODUCING PLASMA PROPULSION FOR SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING PRODUCING A RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD WITH AN EVACUATED GAP BETWEEN CONCENTRIC ELECTRODES, PRODUCING A MAGNETIC FIELD AXIALLY OF SAID GAP, SAID MAGNETIC FIELD DIVERGING THROUGHOUT THE AXIAL LENGTH OF THE ELECTRODES, PERIODICALLY INTRODUCING PULSES OF LOW-DENSITY GAS INTO SAID GAP, AND CAUSING A CURRENT TO PASS BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES IN TIMED RELATION WITH INTRODUCTION OF SAID GAS PULSES TO CREATE A FLOW OF

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