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Spacecraft Propulsion and Power

Used For:

aerospike engines
attitude thrusters
auxiliary power systems (spacecraft)
auxiliary power units (APU) (spacecraft)
boosters (spacecraft)
chemical power sources (spacecraft)
chemical propulsion engines (spacecraft)
clustered rockets
combustion chambers (spacecraft)
combustors (spacecraft)
ejectors (spacecraft)
electric power systems (spacecraft)
electric power units (spacecraft)
electric propulsion systems (spacecraft)
electric rocket engines
electrostatic rocket engines
electrothermal rocket engines
fuel distribution pumps (spacecraft)
fuel distribution systems (spacecraft)
fuel injection systems (spacecraft)
fuel system components (spacecraft)
fuel systems (spacecraft)
fuel tanks (spacecraft)
hybrid propellant rocket engines
igniters (rocket engines)
ion engines
ion propulsion
ion rocket engines
liquid propellant rocket engines
low thrust engines
magnetic sails
magnetohydrodynamic (MHO) power sources
magnetohydrodynamic (MHO) thrusters
main propulsion system components (spacecraft)
main propulsion systems (spacecraft)
multistage rockets
nozzles (spacecraft)
nuclear engines (spacecraft application)
nuclear power sources (spacecraft application)
nuclear propulsion systems (spacecraft application)
nuclear rocket engines
onboard solar arrays
onboard solar generators
plasma propulsion (spacecraft applications)
pneumatic systems (spacecraft propulsion and power)
propellant flow systems (spacecraft)
propellant injectors, pumps, and tanks (spacecraft)
propulsion system components (spacecraft)
propulsion systems (spacecraft)
pumps (spacecraft)
refueling in orbit
retrorockets
rocket engine design
rocket engine exhaust plumes
rocket engine noise
rocket engines (spacecraft)
rocket throttling systems
solar electric ion propulsion
solar electric propulsion
solar sails
solid propellant rocket engines
space power reactors (application)
spacecraft auxiliary power sources
spacecraft engine design
spacecraft hydraulic systems (power)
spacecraft pneumatic systems (power)
spacecraft power systems
spacecraft propulsion
spacecraft vehicle booster engines
systems for energy conversion (spacecraft)
thrust vector control devices (spacecraft)
turborocket engines (spacecraft)
vector control engines (spacecraft)
vernier engines (spacecraft)

Broader Terms:

Astronautics

Scope Note

Includes main propulsion systems and components, e.g., rocket engines; and spacecraft auxiliary power sources. For related information see also 07 Aircraft Propulsion and Power; 28 Propellants and Fuels; 15 Launch Vehicles and Launch Operations; and 44 Energy Production and Conversion.

Date Last Modified

2007-01-11