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Windsock memory conditioned RAM (Co-Ram) pressure effect: forced reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail
Z. Vörös, G. Facskó, M. Khodachenko +3
Magnetic reconnection (MR) is a key physical concept explaining the addition of magnetic flux to the magnetotail and closed flux lines back-motion to the dayside magnetosphere. Thi…
Electric sail control mode for amplified transverse thrust
Petri Toivanen, Pekka Janhunen, Jouni Envall
The electric solar wind sail produces thrust by centrifugally spanned high voltage tethers interacting with the solar wind protons. The sail attitude can be controlled and attitude…
EMMI - Electric Solar Wind Sail Facilitated Manned Mars Initiative
Pekka Janhunen, Sini Merikallio, Mark Paton
The novel propellantless electric solar wind sail concept promises efficient low thrust transportation in the Solar System outside Earth's magnetosphere. Combined with asteroid min…
An intrinsic way to control E-sail spin
Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen
We show that by having the auxtethers made partly or completely of conducting material and by controlling their voltages, it is possible to control the spin rate of the electric so…
Electric solar wind sail applications overview
Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen, Jouni Envall +6
We analyse the potential of the electric solar wind sail for solar system space missions. Applications studied include fly-by missions to terrestrial planets (Venus, Mars and Phobo…
Coulomb drag devices: electric solar wind sail propulsion and ionospheric deorbiting
Pekka Janhunen
A charged tether or wire experiences Coulomb drag when inserted into flowing plasma. In the solar wind the Coulomb drag can be utilised as efficient propellantless interplanetary p…