The B-2 facility is designed to hot fire rocket engines or upper stage launch vehicles with up to 890,000 N thrust, after environmental conditioning of the test article in a simulated thermal vaccum space environment. The facility can handle cryogenic fuels and oxidizers. A steam ejector system maintains vacuum around the test article and on the engine discharge during the test firing. Two high speed computer systems control the test, monitor critical parameters and record all of the desired data.
Spacecraft propulsion research facility (B-2) at the Lewis Research Center, Plum Brook Station
SAE, Aerospace Atlantic Conference & Exposition ; 1993 ; Dayton, OH, United States
1993-01-01
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Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility (B-2) at the Lewis Research Center, Plum Brook Station
SAE Technical Papers | 1993
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