Towards flight qualification of a 1 Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster
Towards flight qualification of a 1 Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster
The design evolution of a 1 Newton High TestPeroxide monopropellant thruster is reported, alongwith results of tests carried out under sea-levelatmospheric and vacuum conditions. A new, off theshelf catalyst material was tested and incorporatedinto the thruster design. The final thruster designdemonstrated good overall performance with aspecific impulse of approximately 160 seconds beingachieved in vacuum. A case study suggests that thethruster would provide a level of performancecomparable to that of a hydrazine-based propulsionsystem for a high ΔV, low-mass, volume-constrainedLow Earth Orbit spacecraft mission, but at lower cost.
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Lear, Alan
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Fletcher, E.
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Gibbon, Dave
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Fonda-Marsland, Ewan Alexander Patrick, Ryan, Charles, Roberts, Graham, Lear, Alan, Fletcher, E., Gibbon, Dave and Palmer, M
(2018)
Towards flight qualification of a 1 Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster.
Space Propulsion 2018, Barcelo Renacimiento Hotel, Convention Center, Avenida Alvaro Alonso Barba, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Seville, Spain, Seville, Spain.
14 - 18 May 2018.
12 pp
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Abstract
The design evolution of a 1 Newton High TestPeroxide monopropellant thruster is reported, alongwith results of tests carried out under sea-levelatmospheric and vacuum conditions. A new, off theshelf catalyst material was tested and incorporatedinto the thruster design. The final thruster designdemonstrated good overall performance with aspecific impulse of approximately 160 seconds beingachieved in vacuum. A case study suggests that thethruster would provide a level of performancecomparable to that of a hydrazine-based propulsionsystem for a high ΔV, low-mass, volume-constrainedLow Earth Orbit spacecraft mission, but at lower cost.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 May 2018
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Space Propulsion 2018, Barcelo Renacimiento Hotel, Convention Center, Avenida Alvaro Alonso Barba, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Seville, Spain, Seville, Spain, 2018-05-14 - 2018-05-18
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Local EPrints ID: 448648
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/448648
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Ewan Alexander Patrick Fonda-Marsland
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Alan Lear
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E. Fletcher
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Dave Gibbon
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M Palmer
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