An overview of existing switch and power supply technology applicable to space launch, a new candidate pulsed power supply for Earth-to-space rail launcher duty, the inverse railgun flux compressor, and a set of switching experiments to study further the feasibility of Earth-to-space launch are discussed.


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    Title :

    Energy stores and switches for rail-launcher systems


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    Publication date :

    1983-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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