User:Tylerd24
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Pivotal in the orbital insertion of Telstar (launched July 10th of 1962) <Getting source from library to further substantiate>, considered by the National Air and Space Museum to be the most significant communications satellite in the beginning of the space race.[1]
In 1964, NASA began use of the Lunar Lander Research Vehicle to train astronauts in piloting the Lunar Excursion Module utilizing an attitude control system comprised of 16 hydrogen peroxide monopropellant thrusters.[2]
On May 4th, 1974 Yvonne C. Brill, a woman engineer at RCA, was granted a patent for a monopropellant rocket to be used for satellite attitude control or maneuvering.[3]
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- ^ "Telstar". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "55 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. October 30, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Stacy, Jones (May 4, 1974). "Rockets Aided in Maneuvering". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2024.