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Orbital propellant depot

An orbital propellant depot is a cache of propellant that is placed in orbit around Earth or another body to allow spacecraft or the transfer stage of the spacecraft to be fueled in space. It is one of the types of space resource depots that have been proposed for enabling infrastructure-based space exploration. Many depot concepts exist depending on the…

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Feasibility of propellant depots

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Orbital propellant depotis acache of propellant that is placed in orbit around Earth or another body to allow spacecraft or the transfer stage of the spacecraft to be fueled in space0.90text
those used by ion thrusters include xenoninstance ofgaseous or supercritical propellants0.80text
argoninstance ofgaseous or supercritical propellants0.80text
and bismuthinstance ofgaseous or supercritical propellants0.80text
the Mooninstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
Lagrange pointsinstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
asteroidsinstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
and Mars.NASA studies in 2011 showed lower costinstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
faster alternatives than the Heavy Lift Launch Systeminstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
listed the following advantagesinstance ofnot needing a specific rocket or a heavy lift such as the SLS to support multiple destinations0.80text
at the Lagrange Pointsinstance ofand the possible deep space ones0.80text
Phobos depots could be performed using Solar electric propulsioninstance ofand the possible deep space ones0.80text

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