Lunar Prospector six-22 N hydrazine propulsion subsystem
Lunar Prospector used a blowdown monopropellant hydrazine propulsion subsystem with six 22 N thrusters for attitude, spin-rate, and velocity control.
Identity
- Aliases
- Lunar Prospector hydrazine propulsion systemLunar Prospector six-thruster propulsion subsystemLunar Prospector 22 N hydrazine thrusters
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Lunar Prospector six-22 N hydrazine propulsion subsystem
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Lunar Prospector used a blowdown monopropellant hydrazine propulsion subsystem with six 22 N thrusters for attitude, spin-rate, and velocity control.
- Propellants
- hydrazine
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- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:28:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:28:11 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA Technical Reports Server Spacecraft Description identifies Lunar Prospector as a spin-stabilized spacecraft and states that attitude, spin rate, and velocity control are provided by a blowdown monopropellant hydrazine propulsion subsystem using six 22 N thrusters.
- Publisher
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- Title
- Spacecraft Description
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA identifies Lunar Prospector as a 300 kilogram lunar orbiter that mapped lunar composition and gravity and ended with a controlled impact on the Moon.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Lunar Prospector