Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hydrazine propulsion system
NASA documents Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's integrated monopropellant hydrazine propulsion system as twelve catalytic thrusters: four approximately 80 N insertion thrusters and eight approximately 20 N attitude-control thrusters. The system supports lunar orbit capture, circularization, maintenance, trajectory changes, and reaction-wheel momentum dumping.
Identity
- Aliases
- LRO propulsion systemLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hydrazine systemLRO catalytic hydrazine thrusters
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hydrazine propulsion system
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- NASA documents Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's integrated monopropellant hydrazine propulsion system as twelve catalytic thrusters: four approximately 80 N insertion thrusters and eight approximately 20 N attitude-control thrusters. The system supports lunar orbit capture, circularization, maintenance, trajectory changes, and reaction-wheel momentum dumping.
- Propellants
- hydrazine
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- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 00:33:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 00:33:58 UTC
Other
- Search Name
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hydrazine propulsion system LRO propulsion system Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hydrazine system LRO catalytic hydrazine thrusters
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA PDS documents LRO monopropellant hydrazine propulsion for lunar orbit capture, circularization, maintenance, and momentum-management support.
- Publisher
- NASA Planetary Data System
- Title
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter instrument-host overview
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA Glenn records twelve dual-coil catalytic hydrazine thrusters, four approximately 80 N insertion thrusters, and eight approximately 20 N attitude-control thrusters.
- Publisher
- NASA Glenn Research Center
- Title
- LRO mission requirements report