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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
11. Propulsion
Authors : George Sebestyen, Steve Fujikawa, Nicholas Galassi, Alex Chuchra
Published in: Low Earth Orbit Satellite Design
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
In LEO spacecraft, the main uses of a propulsion system are to raise or lower the orbit and to maintain the spacecraft on station in a constellation of spacecraft. The Rocket Equation, given below, describes the fundamental property of a propulsion system. It gives the magnitude of change in spacecraft velocity as a function of the spacecraft and expanded fuel masses.