propellantless

English

propellantless (not comparable)

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).