Assertion: airplane's control system | /r/HasProperty | rcs
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text: Because the X-15 also had to be controlled in an environment where there was too little air for aerodynamic flight control surfaces, it had a reaction control system (RCS) that used rocket thrusters.
text: The Reaction Control System (RCS) could be operated in two modes – manual and automatic.
text: The X-15 reaction control system (RCS), for maneuvering in the low-pressure/density environment, used high-test peroxide (HTP), which decomposes into water and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst and could provide a specific impulse of 140 seconds.