HelicitySpace

In-space propulsion and power technology critical to humanity's expansion into the solar system.

Created: 2020-05-02

Updated: 2023-03-04

Company - HelicitySpace

Founded
Country
2018
USA
Website
HelicitySpace
Social
HelicitySpace

Product/Service - Helicity Drive

Classification
Space Utilities
Category
Resources - Energy
Space Tug
Nuclear Fusion Power
In-Space Logistics
Fields
Nuclear Power
Nuclear Propulsion
Status
Early stage
First launch
Not announced

The Helicity Drive is a scalable pulsed fusion concept - from fusion-augmented electric propulsion to fully ignited reactors - based on magnetic reconnection, plasma plectonemes, and peristaltic magnetic compression.

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