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2. Mass driver - Wikipedia

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   A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non-rocket spacelaunch which would use a linear motor to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds. Existing and proposed mass drivers use coils of wire energized by electricity to make electromagnets , though a rotary mass driver has also been proposed. [ 1 ]

3. Electromagnetic catapult - Wikipedia

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   An electromagnetic catapult, also called EMALS ("electromagnetic aircraft launch system") after the specific US system, is a type of aircraft launching system. Currently, only the United States and China have successfully developed it, and it is installed on the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and the Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian.

4. Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System - Wikipedia

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   The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston , providing greater precision and faster recharge ...

5. Aircraft catapult - Wikipedia

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   The United States Navy is developing the use of a linear motor-based electromagnetic catapult system called the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) with the construction of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, and a similar system has also been developed for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 003 aircraft carrier.

6. See aboard China's new massive assault ship that can launch ...

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   Electromagnetic catapult system. A satellite image shows the Type 076's top deck. CSIS/China Power/CNES 2024. Unlike traditional light aircraft carriers, the Sichuan is equipped with a catapult ...

7. Spacecraft propulsion - Wikipedia

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   Liquid air cycle engine – a hydrogen-fuelled jet engine that liquifies the air before burning it in a rocket engine; Scramjet – jet engines that use supersonic combustion; Shcramjet – similar to a scramjet engine, however it takes advantage of shockwaves produced from the aircraft in the combustion chamber to assist in increasing overall ...

8. Bigger, heavier, faster: China rolls out military upgrades

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   China showcased a 1,100-kilowatt turboshaft helicopter engine at a helicopter expo in Tianjin last week. ... in Shanghai show construction sheds above three tracks of the electromagnetic catapult ...

9. China unveils novel advanced military aircraft - AOL

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   The Sichuan, the first ship of the 076 type, is China's largest yet, displacing 40,000 tonnes and equipped with an electromagnetic catapult which will allow fighter jets to launch directly off its ...