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magnetic sail

proposed spacecraft propulsion method that takes advantage of solar wind
Class type of: spacecraft propulsion Q2721907

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
hypothetical technology
Subclass of
spacecraft propulsion
Different from
electric sail, solar sail[3][4]
P14541
3DICLC[9]
Uses
magnetic field, Field propulsion, solar wind, plasma[5][6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en magnetic sail en magsail ar شراع مغناطيسي fi Magneettinen purje fr Voile magnetique fr voile magnétique he מפרש מגנטי it Vela magnetica ja マグネティックセイル ja マグセイル ja 磁気セイル ja 磁気プラズマセイル ja 磁気帆 ko 자기 돛 pl Żagiel magnetyczny ru магнитный парус tr manyetik yelken zh 磁化帆
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Andrews Zubrin Magsail.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
416803
Freebase ID
/m/09fpp
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
magnetic-sails
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779046794

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🔗 Connections
Uses 3
plasma, magnetic field, solar wind
Different from 2
solar sail, electric sail
← Different from 2
solar sail, electric sail
Instance of 1
hypothetical technology
Subclass of 1
spacecraft propulsion
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Summary

magnetic sail is a hypothetical technology[1]. It is a type of spacecraft propulsion[2].

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  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    P14541 → 3DICLC
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    Different from → electric sail, solar sail
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