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.
Aliases (1)
- SuperDraco ×1
Statements (44)
| 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
→
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| designedFor |
fine attitude control
→
precision orbital maneuvers → |
| developer |
SpaceX
→
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| firstUsedOn |
original Cargo Dragon spacecraft
→
|
| fuel |
monomethylhydrazine
→
|
| ignitionType |
hypergolic ignition
→
|
| manufacturer |
SpaceX
→
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| operatedBy |
SpaceX mission control
→
|
| operatingEnvironment |
vacuum of space
→
|
| oxidizer |
dinitrogen tetroxide
→
|
| propellantFeedSystem |
pressure-fed
→
|
| propellantStorage |
storable propellants
→
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| 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 |