Today, chemical rockets are the most expensive components of a launch; even reusable boosters require costly fuel, ongoing maintenance, and long durations between launches. As a result, far too many space bound opportunities are prohibitively expensive. However, kinetic launchers offer an economical alternative for projecting payloads into orbit. Harnessing angular velocity, a centrifuge gradually accelerates its payload to hypersonic speeds within a vacuum sealed chamber; upon reaching the desired speed, its airlock opens and the payload is released into the atmosphere.Flux-Pinned Superconductors offer a radical advancement to this technology; wherein, Flux Pinning is used to levitate and stabilize the launch package while reinforcing the entire platform against centrifugal stress. These Flux-Pinned joints require no power, lubricant or physical contact, while providing limitless stiffness that is essentially impervious to mechanical wear. Ultimately, we believe this centrifugal launch design will dramatically reduce the market's reliance on traditional chemical rockets.


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    Title :

    Superconducting Centrifugal Launcher


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2022-09-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H01F MAGNETS , Magnete / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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