Gas thruster

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1987-04-29

1988-11-29

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Attitude control

60 3912, 60207, 60260, 60736, B64G 126

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047875798

ABSTRACT:
A thruster system has a main bipropellant propulsion unit including a propulsion engine (50) and bipropellant supply having a tank (3) for an oxidizing agent and a tank (4) for a fuel. An auxiliary cold propellant thruster (21) uses propellant supplied by bleeding off vapor from the contents of the oxidizing agent tank (3).

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patent: 3520137 (1970-07-01), Newman et al.
patent: 3732693 (1973-05-01), Chu
patent: 4101294 (1978-07-01), Kimura
patent: 4288051 (1981-09-01), Goschel
patent: 4635885 (1987-01-01), Hujsak
"Some Cold Gas Auxiliary Jet Control Mechanisms and Propellants for Use in Earth Satellites", by B. P. Day and R. Hastings, Jun. 1961.

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