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On-board chemical propulsion
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schneider, Steven J. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | NASA Lewis Research Center's On-Board Propulsion program (OBP) is developing low-thrust chemical propulsion technologies for both satellite and vehicle reaction control applications. There is a vigorous international competition to develop new, highperformance bipropellant engines. High-leverage bipropellant systems are critical to both commercial competitiveness in the international communications market and to cost-effective mission design in government sectors. To significantly improve bipropellant engine performance, we must increase the thermal margin of the chamber materials. Iridium-coated rhenium (Ir/Re) engines, developed and demonstrated under OBP programs, can operate at temperatures well above the constraints of state-of-practice systems, providing a sufficient margin to maximize performance with the hypergolic propellants used in most satellite propulsion systems. |
| File Size | 19276 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050180502 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9v16zw97 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1997-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Satellite Control Liquid Rocket Propellants Iridium Rhenium Propulsion System Configurations Chemical Propulsion Spacecraft Propulsion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
