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Showing results 1 - 7 of 7 for: Hydrazine
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Aerojet provides solutions in support of NASA's lunar exploration missions
… spacecraft and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft . Aerojet engineers delivered 12 small monopropellant hydrazine thrusters, used aboard the Atlas Centaur upper stage; eight retro rockets for the Atlas Centaur separation from the launch …
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Honeywell gas detectors provide backup in U.S. mission to shoot down spy satellite
… space carrying more than 1000 pounds of hydrazine , a highly toxic chemical used in rocket ..... throughout the United States to monitor for hydrazine gas clouds in the event that the chemical ..... attached to any debris that fell to earth. Hydrazine is a chemical compound derived from ammonia …
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Aerojet provides orbit-raising propulsion for U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite
… the AEHF satellites. With the recent anomaly with the SV#1 apogee engine, the Aerojet HTPS, along with other Aerojet hydrazine thrusters on the vehicle, now will provide the full orbit-raising function for SV#1. The Aerojet HTPS provides a dual …
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Industry firms combine technologies for first AEHF mission
… retro rockets assisted with the Atlas Centaur separation from the launch vehicle. In addition, 12 Aerojet monopropellant ( hydrazine ) thrusters on the Atlas V Centaur upper stage provided roll, pitch, and yaw control as well as settling burns for the upper …
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‘Fly me to the moon…’ and the Space Station, too
… demonstration, the Boeing Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) servicing spacecraft successfully transferred hydrazine propellant with Ball Aerospace’s NextSat, a prototypical modular next-generation serviceable client spacecraft. The ASTRO vehicle also …
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The Moon, Mars and beyond...
… the Pegasus fourth stage including the avionics assembly and Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System (HAPS ..... fourth stage includes an auxiliary propulsion system with three hydrazine fuel thrusters. The Pegasus reaction-control …
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NASA prepares next Mars spacecraft
… major deployment test will check out the spacecraft's large solar arrays. In July, the spacecraft will be filled with hydrazine fuel for the "Mars orbit insertion" engine burn, which will be used to reduce the velocity of the spacecraft and place …