Draco thrusters

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Draco thrusters are small hypergolic rocket engines developed by SpaceX to provide attitude control and orbital maneuvering for its spacecraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypergolic thruster
rocket engine family
application deorbit burns
orbit adjustment
spacecraft reaction control system
belongsToProgram SpaceX Dragon program
controlAxis pitch
roll
yaw
controlMethod on-off pulsed thrust
countryOfOrigin United States
designedFor fine attitude control
precision orbital maneuvers
developer SpaceX
firstUsedOn original Cargo Dragon spacecraft
fuel monomethylhydrazine
ignitionType hypergolic ignition
manufacturer SpaceX
operatedBy SpaceX mission control
operatingEnvironment vacuum of space
oxidizer dinitrogen tetroxide
propellantFeedSystem pressure-fed
propellantStorage storable propellants
propellantType hypergolic
relatedEngine SuperDraco
restartCapability multiple restarts
status operational
thrustVacuum about 400 newtons
about 90 pounds-force
usedBy NASA missions via SpaceX Dragon
commercial Dragon missions
usedFor attitude control
orbital maneuvering
rendezvous and docking maneuvers
spacecraft translation maneuvers
usedOn Cargo Dragon
Crew Dragon
Dragon 2
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
usedOnMission Crew Dragon Demo-1
Crew Dragon Demo-2
SpaceX CRS missions
SpaceX Crew-1
subsequent NASA Commercial Crew missions

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dragon 1
attitudeControl
Dragon 1
propulsion
Dragon spacecraft
propulsionType
Draco thrusters ("SuperDraco")
relatedEngine

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