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    Christopher Sterpka
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    SPR Ltd is a UK company that has developed and tested an experimental propulsion technology called the EmDrive, which uses microwave cavities to generate thrust without propellant by converting electrical energy directly into thrust. The technology has been tested by multiple independent organizations in different countries and has shown promising results, with one test by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showing 720mN of thrust from a 2.5kW thruster. SPR Ltd believes the EmDrive could enable lower cost space access and solar power satellites.

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    Emdrive

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    SPR Ltd is a UK company that has developed and tested an experimental propulsion technology called the EmDrive, which uses microwave cavities to generate thrust without propellant by converting electrical energy directly into thrust. The technology has been tested by multiple independent organizations in different countries and has shown promising results, with one test by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showing 720mN of thrust from a 2.5kW thruster. SPR Ltd believes the EmDrive could enable lower cost space access and solar power satellites.

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    New concept in spacecraft propulsion

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    Christopher Sterpka
    SPR Ltd is a UK company that has developed and tested an experimental propulsion technology called the EmDrive, which uses microwave cavities to generate thrust without propellant by converting electrical energy directly into thrust. The technology has been tested by multiple independent organizations in different countries and has shown promising results, with one test by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showing 720mN of thrust from a 2.5kW thruster. SPR Ltd believes the EmDrive could enable lower cost space access and solar power satellites.

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    SPRLtd.

    HomeBackgroundBenefitsTheoryDevelopmentApplicationsFutureFAQ

    TheEmDrive
    ANewConceptinSpacecraftPropulsion
    SatellitePropulsionResearchLtd(SPRLtd)asmallUKbasedcompany,hasdemonstratedaremarkablenewspacepropulsiontechnology.Thecompanyhas
    successfullytestedbothanexperimentalthrusterandademonstratorenginewhichusepatentedmicrowavetechnologytoconvertelectricalenergydirectlyintothrust.
    Nopropellantisusedintheconversionprocess.Thrustisproducedbytheamplificationoftheradiationpressureofanelectromagneticwavepropagatedthrougha
    resonantwaveguideassembly.
    Contactsprltd@emdrive.com
    Latestnews
    October2014
    AttheIAC2014conferenceinToronto,RogerShawyerstatedthat8setsoftestdatahavenowverifiedEmDrivetheory.Thesedatasetsresultedfromthrust
    measurementson7differentthrusters,by4independentorganisations,in3differentcountries.
    TheTorontopresentationcanbefoundhere:IAC14Presentation
    August2014
    ArecentinterviewwithRogerShawyer,recordedbyNickBreezeattheRoyalInstitutioninLondoncanbefoundhere:InterviewItisaccompaniedbyaPowerPoint
    presentationentitledEmDriveEnablingaBetterFuture.
    July2014
    Apaperentitled"SecondGenerationEmDrivePropulsionAppliedtoSSTOLauncherandInterstellarProbe"willbepresentedatthe65thInternationalAstronautical
    Congress2014atTorontoinSeptember.
    October2013
    Apaperentitled"TheDynamicOperationofaHighQEmDriveMicrowaveThruster"andtheassociatedposterfortherecentIAC13conferenceinBeijingisgivenhere:
    IAC13PaperIAC13Poster
    November2012
    Chinapublisheshighpowertestresults
    TheprestigiousChineseAcademyofScienceshaspublishedapaperbyProfessorYangJuanconfirmingtheirhighpowertestresults.Ataninputpowerof2.5kW,
    their2.45GHzEmDrivethrusterprovides720mNofthrust.TheresultshaveclearlybeensubjecttoextensivepeerreviewfollowingtheNWPU2010paper.The
    measurementsweremadeonanationalstandard,thrustmeasurementdevice,usedforIonEnginedevelopment.Detailsofthemeasurementsystemandcalibration
    dataaregiveninthepaper.AprofessionalEnglishtranslationisgivenhere:YangJuan2012paper
    September2012
    AsolutiontotheaccelerationlimitationofsuperconductingEmDriveengineshasbeenfound.Theapplicationofthisbreakthroughhasbeendescribedatarecent
    presentation,whereahybridspaceplaneprovidesadramaticreductioninlaunchcosttogeostationaryorbit.Areductionfactorof130comparedtoAtlasVlaunchcosts
    ispredicted.ThiswillleadtoSolarPowerSatellitesbecomingalowcost,baseload,energysource.Thepresentationcanbedownloadedhere:2Gupdate
    July2012
    AnEnglishtranslationofthe2010Chinesepaper,togetherwithunpublishedtestresultshavebeenobtained.Thelastlineofthepaperconfirmsthatexperimental
    thrustmeasurementshavebeenmadeat1kWinputpower.Theunpublishedtestresultsshowalargenumberofthrustmeasurementsatinputpowersupto2.5kW.
    ThemeanspecificthrustobtainedisclosetothatmeasuredintheSPRflightthrustertests.
    NotethattheChinesethruster,ifdeployedontheISS,wouldeasilyprovidethenecessarydeltaVtocompensatefororbitaldecay,thuseliminatingtheneedforthe
    reboost/refuelingmissions.
    Theoriginal2010paper,thetranslationandtheunpublishedtestresultsaregivenhere:
    NWPU2010paper
    NWPU2010paper(Englishtranslation)
    NWPU2010unpublishedtestresults
    June2011
    Twopapershavebeenidentified,publishedbyProfessorYangJuanofTheNorthWesternPolytechnicalUniversity,Xi'an,China.Thesepapersprovidean
    independentproofofthetheoryofEmDrive.AbstractsofthesepapersaregiveninChinesePaperAbstracts.TheoriginalsarewritteninChinese.
    August2010
    ATechnologyTransfercontractwithamajorUSaerospacecompanywassuccessfullycompleted.This10monthcontractwascarriedoutunderaUKExportLicence
    andaTAAissuedbytheUSStateDepartment.DetailsaresubjecttoITARregulations.
    June2010
    Apaperwaspresentedatthe2ndConferenceonDisruptiveTechnologyinSpaceActivities.See:Toulouse2010Paper
    Earlierpaperspresentedinaseriesofinternationalconferenceswere:
    Brighton2005paper

    IAC2008paper
    CEAS2009paper
    May2010
    TheFlightThrustertestprogrammewassuccessfullycompleted.See:FlightProgramme

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