File:Plasma brake in low Earth orbit.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 271 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 108 pixels | 640 × 216 pixels | 1,024 × 346 pixels | 1,280 × 433 pixels | 2,560 × 866 pixels | 6,388 × 2,160 pixels.
Original file (6,388 × 2,160 pixels, file size: 4.59 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
The plasma brake consists of a thin wire, also known as a tether, which, when charged, creates an electrostatic drag in the ionosphere. The plasma brake can be used for deorbiting satellites and helping to clean up the low Earth orbit environment.
Summary[edit]
| Description |
English: The cubesat ionospheric plasma brake (cubesat IoPB) concept for deorbiting in low Earth orbit. More at https://space-travel.blog/plasma-brake-f9de377f2b21 |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Space Travel Blog / Anna Maskava, Mario F. Palos, Rute Marta Jansone & Elīza Muzikante. |
Licensing[edit]
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 07:49, 31 May 2023 | | 6,388 × 2,160 (4.59 MB) | Andris.slavinskis (talk | contribs) | We added several visual elements. |
| 06:55, 26 May 2022 |  | 3,840 × 2,160 (941 KB) | Andris.slavinskis (talk | contribs) | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
