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Towards flight qualification of a 1 Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster

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.
Fonda-Marsland, Ewan Alexander Patrick
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Palmer, M
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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 . (In Press)

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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
Venue - Dates: 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
PURE UUID: 3bc7ecfa-b8e7-4287-83c3-cbd5f731728b
ORCID for Ewan Alexander Patrick Fonda-Marsland: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1584-0067

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Author: Ewan Alexander Patrick Fonda-Marsland ORCID iD
Author: Charles Ryan
Author: Graham Roberts
Author: Alan Lear
Author: E. Fletcher
Author: Dave Gibbon
Author: M Palmer

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