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...

inventor of the Vernier scale Vernier scale, a secondary measuring device Vernier thruster, a secondary control mechanism on spacecraft Vernier throttle, a...

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...

Gimbaled engine(s) or nozzle(s) Reactive fluid injection Auxiliary "Vernier" thrusters Exhaust vanes, also known as jet vanes Thrust vectoring for many liquid...

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...

Reaction control systems often use combinations of large and small (vernier) thrusters, to allow different levels of response. Spacecraft reaction control...

included two vernier thrusters and the core stage included four. The guidance system was inertial with radio control of the vernier thrusters. The widely...

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...

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...

mechanisms, including: Vernier thrusters are the most common actuators, as they may be used for station keeping as well. Thrusters must be organized as...

both automatic and manual rotation and translation by means of 16 vernier thrusters using hypergolic propellants. The OAMS had 16 small, fixed-position...

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...

their appearance in science fiction and subsequent invention, such as ion thruster. To avoid repetitions, the list excludes film adaptations of prior literature...

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...

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...

flexible pipelines and gimbals for thrust vectoring together with Vernier thrusters. The second stage, connected by trusses to the first stage (much like...

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....

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...

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...

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...

lieu of a guidance system that would have required thrust vectoring, vernier thrusters, or a reaction control system. The booster guidance package (with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

additional vernier engines placed between main and backup engine nozzles. Additionally to the main engine, the backup engine and the verniers, the stage...

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...

supply the necessary energy, but non-combusting forms such as cold gas thrusters and nuclear thermal rockets also exist. Vehicles propelled by rocket engines...

steering as opposed to aerodynamic control surfaces, jet vanes, or vernier thrusters previously used. A steerable nozzle provides several advantages to...

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...