A vernier thruster is a rocket engine used on a spacecraft or launch vehicle for fine adjustments to the attitude or velocity. Depending on the design...
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inventor of the Vernier scale Vernier scale, a secondary measuring device Vernier thruster, a secondary control mechanism on spacecraft Vernier throttle, a...
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low-thrust acceleration, often as part of a reaction control system. A vernier thruster or gimbaled engine are particular cases used on launch vehicles where...
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The LR-101 is a fixed thrust, single start vernier thruster developed by Rocketdyne in the mid-to-late fifties and used in the Atlas, Thor and Delta launch...
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Thrust vectoring (section Vernier thrusters)
Gimbaled engine(s) or nozzle(s) Reactive fluid injection Auxiliary "Vernier" thrusters Exhaust vanes, also known as jet vanes Thrust vectoring for many liquid...
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Reaction control system (redirect from Reaction control thruster)
Reaction control systems often use combinations of large and small (vernier) thrusters, to allow different levels of response. Spacecraft reaction control...
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included two vernier thrusters and the core stage included four. The guidance system was inertial with radio control of the vernier thrusters. The widely...
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1963, TRW introduced the MIRA 150A as a backup for the Thiokol TD-339 vernier thruster to be used in the Surveyor probes, and started development of the Apollo...
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with a TQ-11 engine (8 tonnes-force (78 kN) thrust), which acts as a vernier thruster. Zhuque-2 is capable of lifting 6,000 kg of payload into a 200 km low...
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both automatic and manual rotation and translation by means of 16 vernier thrusters using hypergolic propellants. The OAMS had 16 small, fixed-position...
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was designed in Dnipropetrovsk by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau as the vernier thruster of the Zenit (GRAU: 11K77) second stage. As such, it has always been...
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Spacecraft attitude control (redirect from Attitude control thruster)
mechanisms, including: Vernier thrusters are the most common actuators, as they may be used for station keeping as well. Thrusters must be organized as...
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Hwasong-14 which have one fixed main chamber and four gimbaled steering vernier thruster chambers. The second-stage engine for the Hwasong-15 was test-fired...
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their appearance in science fiction and subsequent invention, such as ion thruster. To avoid repetitions, the list excludes film adaptations of prior literature...
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allowed to flow into the combustion chamber of one of the vernier thrusters. The vernier thruster exploded, causing the rocket to tumble out of control....
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flexible pipelines and gimbals for thrust vectoring together with Vernier thrusters. The second stage, connected by trusses to the first stage (much like...
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that can gimbal up to 45 degrees in a single axis and is used as the vernier thruster on the Soyuz-2-1v first stage. It also has heat exchangers that heat...
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Wing. It is repainted olive green and its vernier thruster pods have been modified to accommodate six verniers instead of the standard four. The Tallgeese...
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to the Hwasong-12. With a single liquid fuel engine, it has four Vernier thrusters for stability and guidance. A detailed analysis by the Bulletin of...
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130 km from its aim point. During the midcourse correction maneuver one vernier thruster failed to ignite, resulting in unbalanced thrust that caused the spacecraft...
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A cold gas thruster (or a cold gas propulsion system) is a type of rocket engine which uses the expansion of a (typically inert) pressurized gas to generate...
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lieu of a guidance system that would have required thrust vectoring, vernier thrusters, or a reaction control system. The booster guidance package (with...
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first[citation needed]R-7? Soviet design to use a small set of rocket engines (vernier thrusters) to perform course and trajectory alterations instead of aerodynamic...
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to place its payload into orbit due to the failure of its second-stage vernier engines after the second-stage main engine shutdown. Nevertheless, with...
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consisting of one Rocketdyne LR-79 main engine and two Rocketdyne LR-101 vernier thrusters for roll control, producing a total of 683 kN (154,000 lbf) thrust...
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are closed. Wings remain extended but fixed due to the presence of vernier thrusters on the wing tips, and wing-carried ordnance. The shield that covers...
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additional vernier engines placed between main and backup engine nozzles. Additionally to the main engine, the backup engine and the verniers, the stage...
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Shino, it excels in space combat due to the installation of extra vernier thrusters on its shoulders. The unit is also equipped with armor parts from...
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Juran's F.R.I.E.N.D. Approx. 60 cm tall. With a head of steel and 10 vernier thrusters (rocket nozzles), it is able to fly with the help of jet sprays. Ukki...
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supply the necessary energy, but non-combusting forms such as cold gas thrusters and nuclear thermal rockets also exist. Vehicles propelled by rocket engines...
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