Review of the current technical and programmatic status of the Integrated System Test of an Airbreathing Rocket (ISTAR) project. November 2002 completed Phase 1 of this project: which worked the conceptual design of the X-43B demonstrator vehicle and Flight Test Engine (FTE) order to develop realistic requirements for the Ground Test Engine (GTE). The latest conceptual FTE and X-43B configuration is briefly reviewed. The project plan is to reduce risk to the GTE and FTE concepts through several tests: thruster, fuel endothermic characterization, engine structure/heat exchanger, injection characterization rig, and full scale direct connect combustion rig. Each of these will be discussed along with the project schedule. This discussion is limited due to ITAR restrictions on open literature papers.
ISTAR: Project Status and Ground Test Engine Design
2003
13 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Combustion, Engines, & Propellants , Space Technology , Rocket-based combined-cycle engines , Propulsion system configurations , Rocket engine design , Spacecraft configurations , Systems engineering , Test vehicles , Systems integration , Ground tests , Air breathing engines , Spacecraft propulsion , Project planning , Product development , X-43 vehicle
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