propellantless

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English

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Etymology

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From propellant +‎ -less.

Adjective

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propellantless (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of propellentless
    • 2016, Pekka Janhunen, Jouni Envall, Petri Toivanen, Timo Rauhala, Edward Haeggström, Tor-Arne Grönland, “CubeSat testing of Coulomb drag propulsion”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      A positively polarised tether in the solar wind can be used for efficient general-purpose interplanetary propellantless propulsion (the electric solar wind sail or E-sail), whereas a negatively polarised tether in LEO can be used for efficient deorbiting of satellites (the plasma brake).
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