Photon-Driven Launch Acceleration Beyond Orbital Speed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing launch methods, such as the orbital ring system using magnetic fluid and linear motor cars, face challenges in accelerating objects beyond orbital speed due to limitations in propulsion power.
Innovation Solution
The use of synchrotron radiation photons with high momentum, including X-rays and gamma rays, to accelerate and propel launch objects through a launch device, enabling acceleration beyond orbital speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If magnetic fluid and linear motor car are used for acceleration, then the launch system can be implemented with existing technology, but the acceleration capability is limited to orbital speed and cannot exceed 7 km/s
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical linear motor car system with a photon-based propulsion system. High-energy photons (X-rays and gamma rays) generated through synchrotron radiation are used to accelerate the launch object, substituting electromagnetic mechanical forces with direct photon momentum transfer, thereby achieving speeds beyond conventional orbital limits
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the energy parameter of the radiation from conventional electromagnetic waves to high-energy photons in the X-ray and gamma-ray range. By generating synchrotron radiation with photon energies corresponding to wavelengths shorter than UV-C, the system achieves significantly higher momentum transfer and propulsion power, enabling acceleration beyond 7 km/s
2Power
If photons with longer wavelengths (red or infrared) are used, then the system is simpler to implement, but the acceleration and propulsion power is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the wavelength parameter of the photons from visible or infrared ranges to the X-ray and gamma-ray ranges (wavelengths shorter than UV-C). This parameter change results in photons with higher momentum (P=h/λ), providing significantly greater propulsion power and acceleration capability despite the higher energy requirements
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach allows for the successful acceleration of launch objects beyond the conventional orbital speed of 7 km/s, providing a more efficient and powerful propulsion method for space launches.
Implementation Method 1
When using synchrotron radiation in a propulsion device or an acceleration device When accelerated high-energy charged particles are bent, they can emit photons (including X-rays, etc.) as synchrotron radiation
Implementation Method 2
The momentum P of a photon is P=h×nu/c=h/ld (h: Planck's constant, nu: frequency, c: speed of light, ld: wavelength), so the wavelength when emitting light from the air plane 3, ld may also be considered; the shorter ld is, the larger P can be
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AI summary
Devise a method and launching device/launcher for launching into space from the ground or the air. In the accelerating method by the magnetic fluid and linear motor car proposed by the orbital ring system, there was a risk that the object could not be accelerated to orbital speed. This application shows idea that is using recoil or reaction that shoots, moves, emits, or reflects photons or charged particles.