AJ10-190

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The AJ10-190 is a hypergolic rocket engine used on NASA’s Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System for in-space propulsion and orbital adjustments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypergolic rocket engine
liquid-propellant rocket engine
rocket engine
application deorbit burn
in-space propulsion
orbit adjustment
orbit circularization
orbital maneuvering
associatedSpacecraft Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED
coolingMethod film cooling
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cycleType pressure-fed cycle
designedFor human-rated spacecraft
firstFlightProgram STS-1 NERFINISHED
firstFlightVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED
firstFlightYear 1981
fuel monomethylhydrazine
gimbalCapability gimballed for thrust vector control
heritage Aerojet AJ10 engine family NERFINISHED
ignitionSystem hypergolic ignition
manufacturer Aerojet NERFINISHED
mountingLocation aft fuselage of Space Shuttle orbiter
operatedIn vacuum of space
oxidizer dinitrogen tetroxide
partOf Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System engine pod NERFINISHED
propellantType hypergolic
restartCapability multiple restart
shutdownMethod propellant flow cutoff
specificImpulseVacuum about 316 seconds
status retired
throttleCapability fixed thrust
thrustVacuum about 26.7 kilonewtons
about 6,000 pounds-force
usedBy NASA NERFINISHED
usedDuringProgram Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
usedFor deorbit maneuvers
orbital insertion burns
plane change maneuvers
rendezvous maneuvers
usedOn Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle orbiter NERFINISHED

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