Mariner 2 ten-nitrogen-jet cold-gas attitude-control system
The Mariner 2 attitude-control system used ten cold-gas nitrogen jets mounted in four locations to stabilize yaw, pitch, and roll. The jets were fed by pressurized nitrogen bottles and linked to the spacecraft attitude-control sensors and gyros.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mariner 2 nitrogen gas jetsMariner 2 attitude-control gas systemMariner cold-gas stabilization jets
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- cold-gas-thruster
- Name
- Mariner 2 ten-nitrogen-jet cold-gas attitude-control system
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- The Mariner 2 attitude-control system used ten cold-gas nitrogen jets mounted in four locations to stabilize yaw, pitch, and roll. The jets were fed by pressurized nitrogen bottles and linked to the spacecraft attitude-control sensors and gyros.
- Propellants
- nitrogen
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- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:31:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:31:09 UTC
Other
- Search Name
- Mariner 2 ten-nitrogen-jet cold-gas attitude-control system Mariner 2 nitrogen gas jets Mariner 2 attitude-control gas system Mariner cold-gas stabilization jets
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- JPL identifies ten cold-gas jets in four locations, fed by two pressurized nitrogen bottles, for Mariner yaw, pitch, and roll stabilization and attitude torquing.
- Publisher
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Mariner Spacecraft
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA identifies nitrogen gas jets as the stabilization system on the Mariner 2 spacecraft.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Mariner 2