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This chapters gives an overview of the propulsion system operation. The principle of propulsion is briefly recalled, and the typical structure of a bi-propellant propulsion system is presented along with brief comments on other systems. Real-time and offline operation is then explained, with an emphasis on the orbit maneuvers and related activities like mass computation and lifetime estimation.
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For example, the equation of state of an ideal gas is PV = nRT, where P denotes the gas pressure [Pa], V denotes the volume [m3], n denotes the number of gas moles [mol] and T denotes the gas temperature [K]. \(R = 8.{314}\,{\text{J}}\,{\text{mol}}^{ - 1} \,{\text{K}}^{ - 1}\) is the ideal gas constant.
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Fortescue P, Swinerd G, Stark J (2011) Spacecraft systems engineering, 4th edn. Wiley
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Chatel, F. (2022). Propulsion Operations. In: Sellmaier, F., Uhlig, T., Schmidhuber, M. (eds) Spacecraft Operations. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88593-9_21
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