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.


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    Title :

    Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms


    Contributors:
    PARMAN MATTHEW (author) / SERCEL JOEL (author) / KOKORICH MIKHAIL (author) / SMALL JAMES (author) / SIMON NICHOLAS (author) / ORR NATHAN (author) / AVERY SAMUEL (author) / STANLEY SCOTT (author)

    Publication date :

    2020-09-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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