Thrusters (spacecraft)

A thruster is a spacecraft propulsion device used for orbital station-keeping, attitude control, or long-duration, 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 a secondary rocket engine or other high thrust device is used to control the attitude of the rocket, while the primary thrust engine (generally also a rocket engine) is fixed to the rocket and supplies the principal amount of thrust.[1][2][3][4][5]

Some devices that are used or proposed for use as thrusters are:

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  1. ^ "Thruster". the Free Dictionary by Farlex. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  2. ^ "thruster". Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged (Hardcover) (12th ed.). HarperCollins Publishers. 2014. ISBN 9780007522743. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  3. ^ "Basics of flight: Rocket Propulsion". Rocket & Space Technology. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  4. ^ "space Propulsion Systems". Airbus Safran Launchers. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  5. ^ "Thruster". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-09-21.