Research Summaries

Back Ultra-Rapid Stealthy Sub-Orbital-to-Orbital Swarm Reconnaissance

Fiscal Year 2019
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Larraza, Andres
Sponsor Department of Defense Space (DoD)
Summary This study will evaluate how the US Navy’s multi-year, multi-$M investment in electromagnetic launchers (EMLs - aka “railguns”) over the last 15 years can be used in modified form to rapidly launch swarms of modified Cubesats into sub-orbital or orbital trajectories
Keywords electromagnetic launcher
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