Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
In support of a facility characterization test, the Integrated Cryogenic Propulsion Test Article (ICPTA) was hotfire tested at a variety of simulated altitude and thermal conditions in the NASA Glenn Research Center Plum Brook Station In-Space Propulsion Thermal Vacuum Chamber (formerly B2). The ICPTA utilizes liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellants for its main engine and four reaction control engines, and uses a cold helium system for tank pressurization. The hotfire test series included high altitude, high vacuum, ambient temperature, and deep cryogenic environments, and several hundred sensors on the vehicle collected a range of system level data useful to characterize the operation of an integrated LOX/Methane spacecraft in the space environment - a unique data set for this propellant combination.
Keywords:
Spacecraft Propulsion and Power
Type:
JSC-CN-38592
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AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference; Jul 10, 2017 - Jul 12, 2017; Atlanta, GA; United States
Format:
application/pdf
