Schall, W.O. and Eckel, Hans-Albert (2004) Pulsed Laser Propulsion Experiments. Space Technology, 24 (2-3), pp. 129-135.
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Pulsed thermal laser propulsion can become a very efficient, relatively near term technology for cheaply launching small satellites into LEO with payload masses on the order of 5 to 10 kg. In addition to flight demonstrations in the laboratory measurements of fundamental propulsion parameters in the atmospheric environment as well as at reduced pressures down to 1 mbar have been made for a parabolic thruster, called Lightcraft. The propulsion mode was either air breathing or with a plastic material as solid propellant. The results serve to model a typical launch of a nanosat type laser-propelled vehicle into LEO. A two-stage operation with an air-breathing mode in the denser atmosphere can solve the propellant consuming, drag dominated transition through the atmosphere. System requirements and estimated costs for establishing a commercial launch system will be discussed.
|Title:||Pulsed Laser Propulsion Experiments|
|Journal or Publication Title:||Space Technology|
|In ISI Web of Science:||Yes|
|Page Range:||pp. 129-135|
|Keywords:||Laser propulsion, Satellites, Low Earth orbits|
|HGF - Research field:||Energy|
|HGF - Program:||Aeronautics|
|HGF - Program Themes:||other|
|DLR - Research area:||Energy|
|DLR - Program:||L - no assignement|
|DLR - Research theme (Project):||UNSPECIFIED|
|Institutes and Institutions:||Institute of Technical Physics|
|Deposited By:||Dr.rer.nat. Hans-Albert Eckel|
|Deposited On:||16 Sep 2005|
|Last Modified:||29 Apr 2010 20:41|
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