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Hydrogen Peroxide - Propulsion & Power History

US - Walter Kiddie (1945 - 1991)

General Information:

Kiddie still exists today in the fire supression business. Kiddie's hydrogen peroxide thruster and subsystem business ended in 1991 with the last Scout vehicle launch. Deployed hydrogen peroxide thrusters and subsyetms include the programs: Scout vaunch vehicle Reaction Control System (RCS), Little Joe II fin RCS, Burner II RCS, Satar RCS, 122Y Vehicle, Lunar Lander Simulator Research Vehicle main propulsion and RCS, Astronaut Manuvering Unit, Syncom I, II & III RCS, Comsat "Early Bird" RCS, Comsat "Blue Bird" RCS, Applications Technology Satellite RCS (Ref 1, 2)

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Literature:

NASA-Scout-Improved-Guidance-Hardware-Study-1972

NASA-TN-D-3377-Syncom_III_Launch-1966

NASA-TR-R-233-Syncom_Eng_Rept_Vol_I-1966

NASA-TR-R-252-Syncom_Eng_Rept_Vol_II-1967

NASA-WP-1054-Project_Apollo_Pressurized_Gas_Reaction_Control_sys_Little_Joe_II-1962

Scout-Launch_Vehicle_Program-NASA_facts

SCOUT-NASA_SCOUT_Vehicles_5-7_Reaction_Thrust_Systems_Hydrogen_Peroxide-1961

SCOUT-Radio_Freq_Prop_Signal_Recovery_Decomposed_Hydrogen_Peroxide-1961

References:

1) Kidde Aerospace Catalog, "Spacecraft Flight Control Systems", Walter Kidde & Company, Belleville, NJ, Circa 1968

2) Sutton, George P., History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines, 2006 Edition, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Virginia

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