propulsion system
Movement generation apparatus
A propulsion system is the mechanism that moves a vehicle forward—the engine, fuel delivery, and related components that generate thrust or driving force.
The term applies across domains: rocket propulsion systems, marine propulsion systems, aircraft propulsion systems.
The spacecraft's propulsion system fired for twelve seconds to adjust its orbit.
- thrusterEngine providing forward force
- rocket engineAerospace thrust generator
- engineMachine producing motion
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- solar sailRadiation-pressure propulsion system
warp drive · turbine · nozzle · liquid fuel · ion · solid fuel · fuel tank · plasma · transmission · cilia · electric motor · flagella · escape velocity · gearbox · oxidizer · combustion chamber · booster · aerodynamics
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- generation shipscolonists, descendants, life support, cryo chamber, hull
- ship equipmentbilge pump, ballast, capstan, cargo crane, main engine
- subsystemsdrivetrain, power supply, climate control
- satellite partssolar panel, solar array, transponder, thruster, solar panels
- spacecraft systemspower systems, attitude control, thermal control, solar panels, solar arrays
propulsion systembraking system
Equipment for slowing vehicles
brakes · retrorocket · reverse thrust · airbrake · speed brake
propulsion systemsteering mechanism
Controls directional movement
guidance system · navigation system · rudder · control surfaces · helm
system, propel, propeller, repulsive, systematic, repulse, compulsion, compulsive, repulsion