Multiple 25-lbf oxygen/gaseous hydrogen thruster assemblies for the Space Station propulsion application were designed and fabricated by Rocketdyne and endurance tested at the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. The thrusters incorporate a regeneratively cooled thrust chamber with a nozzle area ratio of 30, a 12-element coaxial injector, an ignition system, and close-coupled propellant valves. The various thruster configurations comprised of mating different injectors and thrust chambers. Over 2 million lbf-sec of impulse was demonstrated at mixture ratios from 3 to 8.4 at vacuum conditions. A thruster was subjected to over 10,000 pulses during which minimum impulse bits of less than 0.5 lb/sec were repeatedly and reliably demonstrated. A total operating time of 25.6 hr was accumulated on the thruster assemblies with one 6.1-hr. continuous firing duration. The thrusters operated between a thrust range of 11.2 and 36.6 lbf. The test results indicate that all major technology issues for long-life gaseous oxygen/gaseous hydrogen thrusters for the Space Station application have been resolved.


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    Title :

    25-LBF GO2/GH2 space station thruster


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    Publication date :

    1988-07-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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