Nontoxic orbital maneuvering and reaction control systems for reusable spacecraft

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 676-687

  Hurlbert, Eric ^a,d   Applewhite, John ^a,d   Nguyen, Tien ^a,d   Reed, Brian ^b,e   Baojiong, Zhang ^c,f   Yue, Wang ^c,f  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Shanghai Acad Spaceflight Technol   (China)

^d Energy Systems Division   (United States)

^e Onboard Propulsion Branch

^f 801 Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED GASES; PROPELLANTS; REUSABLE ROCKETS; SPACE FLIGHT; TOXICITY;

MONOPROPELLANTS; NONTOXIC PROPELLANTS; ORBITAL MANEUVERING; REACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032162871     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5330     Document Type: Article

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