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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
May. 07, 1987
Thomas J Kirschner, Jr, Northeast, MD (US);
John J Walsh, Wilmington, DE (US);
Morton Thiokol, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An auxiliary gas generator is used to provide gas for steering and pointing control of a multi-stage rocket motor system to a head or forward end located final interception maneuvering stage. During lower stage operation, this gas is routed through the 'Divert' thrusters of the final interception stage through a check valve. When control is not required, the gas can be either dumped through all thrusters or all thrusters can be closed and the gas dumped into the lower stages. As each of the lower stages is burned out, it is discarded. Using one or more gas generating propellant packages provided therein, the final interception stage maneuvers to the target.