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Can electrodynamic tether propulsion use the solar magnetic field?
There’s no definition of “practical” except in some context.
Mission proposals exist using IMF tethers, given the parameters of 1) long-enough tethers, of good enough properties, and 2) light-enough ...
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Can electrodynamic tether propulsion use the solar magnetic field?
Some figures I found suggest that 300km above the earth would have a strength around 0.24 gauss (Research India), while the interplanetary field at 1AU is only about 50 micro gauss (Valee). I suspect ...
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