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electric sail

proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust
Class type of: spacecraft propulsion, deployable structure Q2620789

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3 properties
Instance of
hypothetical technology
Subclass of
spacecraft propulsion, deployable structure[2][3]
Different from
magnetic sail[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en electric sail en electric solar wind sail en E-sail ar شراع كهربائي cs Elektrická plachetnice es Vela eléctrica es Vela electrica fi sähköpurje it vela elettrica ja エレクトリックセイル ru электрический парус uk Електричне вітрило zh 電動帆
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Freebase ID
/m/02p_cxj
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777929040

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← Different from 2
solar sail, magnetic sail
Different from 1
magnetic sail
Instance of 1
hypothetical technology
Subclass of 1
spacecraft propulsion
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Summary

electric sail is a hypothetical technology[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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