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Gemini EM

Spacecraft · USA

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American manned spacecraft module. 12 launches, 1964.04.08 (Gemini 1) to 1966.11.11 (Gemini 12).

Structure: 250 kg (550 lb). Reaction Control System: 60 kg (132 lb). Telemetry Equipment: 40 kg (88 lb). Electrical Equipment: 294 kg (648 lb). Miscellaneous Contingency: 75 kg (165 lb). Environmental Control System: 117 kg (257 lb). RCS Fine No x Thrust: 8 x 98 N. RCS specific impulse: 288 sec. RCS total impulse: 1,078 kgf-sec. Spacecraft delta v: 222 m/s (728 ft/sec). Electric System: 151.00 kWh. Electric System: 2.16 average kW.

Country
USA
Spacecraft
Gemini
Propellants
N2O4/MMH