{"id":6731,"date":"2021-01-19T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/blog\/esa-magnetic-brake\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:23:06","slug":"esa-magnetic-brake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/en\/esa-magnetic-brake\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA magnetic brake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section-post has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f3f4;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark>ESA<\/mark> magnetic brake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section-post-wrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_Magnet-Bremse-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Post Magnet brake research project\" class=\"wp-image-1538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_Magnet-Bremse-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_Magnet-Bremse-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_Magnet-Bremse-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/lcm.web-email.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_Magnet-Bremse-1536x1024.png 1536w, 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of antennas, thrusters and solar panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contactless operation prevents the risk of cold welding or clogging and thus increases the reliability of critical space components.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n    <section  class=\"section-detail-partner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"section-detail-partner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"partners-frame\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Project partners<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"list-partners\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Space_in_Member_States\/Germany\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"91\" 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