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|Carries all [[propellant]]s and oxidants on-board, emits jet for propulsion |Needs lots of propellant — very low specific impulse — typically 100-450 seconds. Extreme therma

...aft compartment, contained 10 reaction control engines and their related [[propellant]] tanks, fresh water tanks, and the CSM umbilical cables. ...ank. It was the same size as the oxidizer tank and held 3,950 kilograms of propellant. Feed lines connected the tank to the SPS.

:*Explosive and Propellant Driven MHD Generators

...envelopes containing conbustibles and were ignited by the explosion of the propellant charge. ...y followed the lead of the French and adopted a nitrocellulose powder as a propellant charge.

...he nuclear warheads they were designed to carry. Little Joe was a [[solid-propellant]] booster designed specially for the Mercury program.

Launch vehicles have traditionally carried extra propellant to ensure the payload reaches its destination. However, this practice often

...d on the Moon and would be followed some time later by the manned vehicle. Propellant would be transferred from the automated vehicle to the manned vehicle befor

| ''Propellant 23''

...f the shell. MASINT chemical and spectroscopic sensors could determine its propellant. The two disciplines are complementary: consider that the technical intelli

...after the mission showed that at touchdown there were 45 to 50 seconds of propellant burn time left.<ref>See Section "9.8.3 Gaging System Performance" of the fo