Could we have low thrust engines for fine orbital adjustments? These would be helpful for orbital and velocity adjustments during rendezvous.
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7,838 SmurfResearchX
the nuclear powered engines work good on satellites for small, accurate adjustments. the water as fuel can keep the fuel tank size small...hydrogen needs a tank about 10 times as big for the same delta v
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8,458 crowxe
For me, I never needed that kind of engines, I think 1% or even up to 3% of thrust words great especially if used in puffs, I get apogee and perigee with less than 300m or extend my apogee to Luna orbit with +- 500 m (out of 36,500,000 m) but if you need better find tuning then maybe you can use RCS with lowered power
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@OldCoach with pressure fed engines?