VACCO Thruster Valves
VACCO Industries
Monopropellant, bipropellant and cold-gas thruster valves for attitude control, reaction control and orbital maneuvering, including the Cold Gas Triad Thruster.
Technical specifications
- Valve types
- Monopropellant, bipropellant, cold-gas thruster valves
- Cold Gas Triad Thruster
- 3 x 2 lbf thrusters on a common X/Y/Z manifold block
- Design feature
- Low-friction suspended-armature design
- Flight heritage
- Space Shuttle Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) — 4 triad assemblies per unit
About
VACCO designs and manufactures thruster valves supporting attitude control, reaction control, and orbital maneuvering subsystems (OMS). The line includes monopropellant valves, bipropellant valves, and cold-gas propulsion systems built to meet the space industry’s demand for high cycle life, tight leakage, and quick response, using VACCO’s low-friction suspended-armature design proven on numerous flight programs. The 2-lbf Cold Gas Triad Thruster is an assembly of three identical 2-lbf thrusters mounted on a common manifold block along the X, Y and Z axes. Four of VACCO’s man-rated triad thruster assemblies were used on each Space Shuttle Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
Documentation
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