Sentence examples for on propellant from inspiring English sources

There are, however, missions such as flights to other planets where sustained low thrust from on-board energy sources would save on propellant.

And as the rocket moves forward, "the gases produced on propellant combustion are directed through seven canted nozzles arranged on the periphery of the projectile base," Neil Gibson, a technical adviser to IHS Jane's Missiles and Rockets, wrote by e-mail.

Detailed performance analysis with focus on propellant grain geometry is provided.

Ground tests of insulation systems on propellant storage size tanks have shown performance and repeatability issues.

The hitherto unknown radiation dominated ablation (˙r>50mm/s) of coarse AP particles and the effect of Al particle size on propellant temperature sensitivity are brought out.

Transit time is demonstrated to be easily reduced to less than 6 months, with relatively low impact on propellant mass and none at all on the architecture.

These effects affirm previous results on propellants with smaller fine and coarse AP sizes, where the burning rate is not enhanced by nano-Al.

This paper introduces new concepts of on-orbit propellant depots for human space exploration based on contingency propellant.

He said that there would be price improvements over time because of the reusability of the spacecraft, in-orbit refuelling and on-Mars propellant production that would reduce that cost by "orders of magnitude".

Future spinoff applications include LH2 and liquid oxygen (LOX) tanks for launch vehicles, in-space propulsion systems, on-orbit propellant depots and long duration aircraft.

It plays a vital role either in destroying the suspicious object or making them non-functional by generating the gas pressure on burning of propellant against the water column inside the barrel.