A method in a spacecraft for transporting propellant to be consumed by a thruster includes storing the propellant in the spacecraft in a solid state during at least a portion of a take-off procedure and supplying the propellant to the thruster in a liquid or vaporous state when the spacecraft is in space.
Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms
2020-09-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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