Analytical approach is used to calculate thrust levels, impulse and propellant requirements for 3 vehicles in Mars transfer mission; required thrust level is found to be function of propellant used; 3 distinct thrust levels result when cold gas, hypergolic bipropellant, or monopropellant are compared on basis of identical impulse requirements; control-system maneuvers consist of initial vehicle orientation, occasional reorientation and position stabilization during coast phase, and midcourse-correction propulsive maneuvers; results indicate that single all-jet control system is satisfactory and that defined thrust levels and propellant consumption are low.
Thrust and impulse requirements for jet attitude-control systems
J Spacecraft Rockets
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 1 , n 1
1964
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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