Two of four Reaction Control System thruster quads on the Apollo Lunar Module. A reaction control system (RCS) is a spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control and translation. Alternatively, reaction wheels can be used for attitude control.

2021年6月10日 · Unlike the RCS engines used in Gemini/SM/LM/Shuttle, the CM RCS engines were designed to burn up while they were used: A major difference between the CM RCS and SM RCS was the type of engines that were used.

This is an Apollo Reaction Control System (RCS) rocket motor, or thruster. The RCS maintained the attitude of the Apollo Service Module and helped it to maneuver in space, undertake minor midcourse velocity corrections, abort separations, and make emergency attitude maneuvers.

The Reaction Control Subsystem (RCS) pro­ vides thrust impulses that stabilize the LM during the descent and ascent trajectory and controls attitude and translation - movement of the LM about and along its three axes - during hover, landing, rendezvous, and docking maneuvers.

The RCS was a vital rocket engine system for maintaining the attitude of the Apollo Service Module (SM), helped it to maneuver in space, plus undertake minor midcourse velocity corrections, abort separations and emergency attitude maneuvers. Each thruster produced 100 pounds of thrust.

The Service Module Reaction Control System (SM RCS) is utilized to control spacecraft rates and rotation in all three axis in addition to any minor translation maneuvers including SPS ullage thrust and separation maneuvers. It consists of four individual, functionally identical packages, located 90° apart around the forward (+X axis) of the SM ...

Built by the Rocketdyne Division of North American Rockwell, the engines (designated SE-8-9) burned storable and hypergolic (self-igniting) propellants of monomethylene as the fuel and nitrogen tetroxide as the oxidizer. The Apollo RCS system consisted of two independent subsystems of six pairs of engines (12 in all) that operated in tandem.

The Reaction Control System (RCS) provides the thrust to control spacecraft rates and rotation in all three axis in addition to any minor translation maneuvers. The CSM includes two separate reaction control systems designated Service Module Reaction Control System and Command Module Reaction Control System.

Rocketdyne SE 8-2 Apollo Command Module Reaction Control System (RCS) bi-propellant thrust chamber assembly manufactured second quarter 1964. The Command Module (CM) RCS provided the impulses required for controlling spacecraft rates and attitude during the terminal phases of the mission after separation of the CM from the Service Module (SM ...

The RCS was a vital rocket engine system for maintaining the attitude of the Apollo Service Module (SM), helped it to maneuver in space, plus undertake minor midcourse velocity corrections, abort separations and emergency attitude maneuvers. Each thruster produced 100 pounds of thrust.