• The simple design allows the thrusters to be smaller than regular rocket engines,

that makes them a suitable for mission with limited volume or weight requirements

Disadvantages

• A cold gas system cannot produce the high thrust that combustive rocket engines
can achieve.
• The maximum thrust of a cold gas thruster is dependent upon the pressure in the
storage tank. As fuel is used up, the pressure decreases and maximum thrust
decreases.

 Liquid Rocket

Liquid rockets is a much more complicated engine but it is currently used in common
because they have a reasonably high density and high specific impulse (Isp)

Operation

Liquid propellants have separate storage tanks - one for the fuel and one for the oxidizer.
They also have pumps, a combustion chamber, and a nozzle. The fuel of a liquid-propellant
rocket is usually kerosene or liquid hydrogen; the oxidizer is usually liquid oxygen. They
are combined inside a cavity called the combustion chamber. Here the propellants burn and
build up high temperatures and pressures, and the expanding gas escapes through the
nozzle at the lower end. To get the most power from the propellants, they must be mixed
as completely as possible. Small injectors (nozzles) on the roof of the chamber spray and
mix the propellants at the same time. Because the chamber operates under high pressures,
the propellants need to be forced inside. Powerful, lightweight turbine pumps between the
propellant tanks and combustion chambers take care of this job.