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| + | =Gauss14= | ||
| + | The Gauss14 is a manportable femtosattelite launch platform. | ||
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| + | ==Launcher== | ||
| + | Based on the University of Austin Texas design for the SPEAR coilgun. Current goal is to launch projectiles with a mass of up to 10g. | ||
| + | A SMES device (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) is the most viable option for storing the launchers energy. | ||
| − | = | + | ==Satellite== |
| − | The | + | The femtosatellite will most likely be based on the CubeSat or ArduSat, electronics must be hardend due to high g-forces during launch (up to several hundred g). Current propulsion proposal is EMFF (Electromagnetic Formation Flight) since it does not use any reaction mass. |
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| − | ==Projectile | + | ==Projectile== |
The first Prototype will be a very cheap, reusable Projectile, launched not electromagnetically but by balloon or conventional chemical propulsion. | The first Prototype will be a very cheap, reusable Projectile, launched not electromagnetically but by balloon or conventional chemical propulsion. | ||
| + | ==Major Challenges== | ||
| − | =Links= | + | ====Efficiency==== |
| + | Is currently the biggest challenge. Almost all Coilgun designs suffer from low efficiency of only 3 to 9 percent due to losses in the magnetic field and the projectile. | ||
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| + | ====SMES funding==== | ||
| + | The SMES is still being actively researched and only a few prototypes are in existence. Aquiring (buying or borrowing one) will be expensive. | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
SPEAR coilgun https://www.utexas.edu/research/cem/IEEE/PR%20198%20Bresie%20Publications.pdf | SPEAR coilgun https://www.utexas.edu/research/cem/IEEE/PR%20198%20Bresie%20Publications.pdf | ||
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ArduSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArduSat | ArduSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArduSat | ||
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CubeSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat | CubeSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat | ||
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| + | EMFF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Formation_Flight | ||
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| + | http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/793Miller.pdf | ||
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| + | SMES http://www.superpower-inc.com/content/superconducting-magnetic-energy-storage-smes | ||
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| + | http://www.technologyreview.com/news/423227/superconducting-magnets-for-grid-scale-storage/ | ||
Version vom 6. August 2014, 16:16 Uhr
| Gauss14 | |
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| Gestartet: | 25.7.2014 |
| Involvierte: | Uberhaxlor |
| Status: | active |
| Beschreibung: | femtosatellite launching platform |
| Shutdownprozedur: | |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert: | 2014-08-06 |
Gauss14
The Gauss14 is a manportable femtosattelite launch platform.
Launcher
Based on the University of Austin Texas design for the SPEAR coilgun. Current goal is to launch projectiles with a mass of up to 10g. A SMES device (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) is the most viable option for storing the launchers energy.
Satellite
The femtosatellite will most likely be based on the CubeSat or ArduSat, electronics must be hardend due to high g-forces during launch (up to several hundred g). Current propulsion proposal is EMFF (Electromagnetic Formation Flight) since it does not use any reaction mass.
Projectile
The first Prototype will be a very cheap, reusable Projectile, launched not electromagnetically but by balloon or conventional chemical propulsion.
Major Challenges
Efficiency
Is currently the biggest challenge. Almost all Coilgun designs suffer from low efficiency of only 3 to 9 percent due to losses in the magnetic field and the projectile.
SMES funding
The SMES is still being actively researched and only a few prototypes are in existence. Aquiring (buying or borrowing one) will be expensive.
Links
SPEAR coilgun https://www.utexas.edu/research/cem/IEEE/PR%20198%20Bresie%20Publications.pdf
ArduSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArduSat
CubeSat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
EMFF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Formation_Flight
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/793Miller.pdf
SMES http://www.superpower-inc.com/content/superconducting-magnetic-energy-storage-smes
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/423227/superconducting-magnets-for-grid-scale-storage/
