Apollo Service Module Reaction Control System
Integrated service-module reaction-control system comprising four pressure-fed bipropellant quad packages.
Identity
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Apollo Service Module Reaction Control System
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Integrated service-module reaction-control system comprising four pressure-fed bipropellant quad packages.
- Propellants
- nitrogen tetroxidemonomethylhydrazine
Links
- Official Url
- https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730017174
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 08:25:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 08:25:27 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- NASA identifies the SM RCS as four individual quad packages using inhibited nitrogen tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Apollo Experience Report: Command and Service Module Reaction Control Systems
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- NASA documents the four service-module RCS packages and their placement around the service module.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Apollo 13 Review Board Appendix A: Baseline Data
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- NASA distinguishes the service-module RCS from the service propulsion system and command-module RCS.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Apollo Command and Service Module Propulsion Systems Overview