NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Propellant pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Propellant

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Spacebasing of orbital transfer vehicles at a space station requires a depot that safely and efficiently stores and transfers the resupply propellants. In order to transfer propellants, a method effectively acquire only liquid and vent only gas must exist. A method that produces a low gravity to settle propellants would bypass these weaknesses, while allowing ground-like operations. This low gravity can be passively produced using gravity gradient techniques. A satellite with a large length to diameter ratio, such as a depot attached to a space station with a tether, stabilizes along on Earth radial because of an outward acceleration proportional to the distance from the satellite’s center of gravity. Analysis indicates that liquid can be setteled with relatively short tether lengths. The feasibility, design requirements, and operational limitations of a tethered refueling depot were investigated with special emphasis on slosh control

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 4/1/1984
• Year: 1984
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LIQUID SLOSHING, ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLES, PROPELLANT TRANSFER, REFUELING, TETHERING, FLUID MECHANICS, FUEL CONTROL, LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANTS, SPACE STATIONS, SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATIONS, SPACECRAFT DESIGN, Kroll, K

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