Cold gas thruster
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cold-gas-thruster-174-17748241
title:
Cold gas thruster
text:
A cold gas thruster is a type of rocket engine which uses the expansion of a pressurized gas to generate thrust. As opposed to traditional rocket engines, a cold gas thruster does not house any combustion and therefore has lower thrust and efficiency compared to conventional monopropellant and bipropellant rocket engines. Cold gas thrusters have been referred to as the "simplest manifestation of a rocket engine" because their design consists only of a fuel tank, a regulating valve, a propelling
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of rocket engine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_gas_thruster
date created:
2007-10-14T14:07:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:48:20Z
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