A breadboard demonstration of a pumped monopropellant propulsion system was completed during 1991. The propulsion system is the central part of the miniaturized maneuvering vehicle design presented and discussed in previous papers. Progress during 1991 included testing at the subsystem level to demonstrate the bootstrap startup capability of the design, and testing at the system level of a bolt-down breadboard unit which consisted of the warm gas pumps, gas generator, propellant tanks, thrust control valve assembly, regulator, bridge structure, attitude control thrusters, and two 56-lbf hydrazine thrusters. These two test series demonstrated the viability of the concept and results are presented and discussed from each test. The test results and post-test correlations with a mathematical model have resulted in refinements to component specifications.
Test results of a pumped monopropellant propulsion system
1992
26 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Test Results of a Pumped Monopropellant Propulsion System
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1992
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