External Tank System

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ETS
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈstərnəl tæŋk ˈsɪstəm/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. Three flow control valves on the shuttle provide gaseous hydrogen between the three Space Shuttle Main Engines ( SSME ) and the external fuel tank ( ET ) through the Main Propulsion System.
  2. Potential distributions of deep well anodic electric field on external tank bottom were derived according to the basic law of electromagnetic field and the geometry characteristics of cathodic protection system.

Other meanings of ETS