HIGH PERFORMANCE DUAL MODE INTEGRAL PROPULSION SYSTEM
Assignee
TRW
Filed as: TRW INC.
Filed
Apr 19, 1990
Granted
Feb 1, 1994
Location
Redondo Beach CA (TRW)
Abstract
A propulsion system in which pure hydrazine is used as the fuel for both a bipropellant rocket engine for high-thrust performance and in multiple monopropellant thrusters for station keeping and attitude control functions. Use of a common fuel for both modes of operation significantly reduces propellant weight and inert propulsion system weight for any given mission requirements, and therefore increases the payload that can be delivered to and maintained in a desired orbit. Further, for station-keeping, the monopropellant thrusters can be augmented in performance by employing either electrothermal or additional direct chemical energy, arc jet operation, or force field acceleration, to provide increased specific impulse values up to 2,000 seconds or higher.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Dec 19, 1990
Rescinded
Jan 13, 1993
Duration
2 years
Inventor
- 1ROBERT L. SACKHEIM
Sensitive facility: Redondo Beach CA (TRW)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5282357
- Application
- 07511153
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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