The hybrid rocket system of this invention is characterized by use of an
oxidizer tank having a cylindrical midsection surrounded by a skirt and
bonded thereto by a layer of elastomeric adhesive. The skirt outer
surface is in turn adhesively secured to a spacecraft inner surface. An
elongated solid-fuel motor case is mechanically rigidly secured to a
central rear surface of the tank, and the case terminates in a throat and
nozzle. The elastomeric-adhesive bonding of tank to skirt, and rigid
adhesion of skirt to spacecraft forms the sole support for the rocket
system, and separate support for the motor case is not required.