Method and apparatus for controlling earth orbiting satellites a

Details Method and apparatus for controlling earth orbiting satellites a Method and apparatus for controlling earth orbiting satellites a

1971-08-23

1977-07-05

Blix, Trygve M.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path

B64G 110

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040335240

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a method of controlling, inter alia, earth orbiting satellites and vehicles by cold plasma injection control in the magnetosphere and thereby influencing the space medium through which the satellite travels. The injection of cold plasma changes the atmospheric drag on the satellite as it traverses the earth's magnetosphere.

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patent: 3095163 (1963-06-01), Hill
patent: 3145531 (1964-08-01), Deutsch
patent: 3325123 (1967-06-01), Null
patent: 3521835 (1970-07-01), Braga-Illa et al.
Stuhlinger, Ernst, "Electric Propulsion," Electrical Engineering, July, 1963, pp. 459-465.

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