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The Advancing State of AF-M315E TechnologyThe culmination of twenty years of applied research in hydroxyl ammonium nitrate (HAN)-based monopropellants, the NASA Space Technology mission Directorate's (STMD) Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) will achieve the first on-orbit demonstration of an operational AF-M315E green propellant propulsion system by the end of 2015. Following an contextual overview of the completed flight design of the GPIM propellant storage and feed system, results of first operation of a flight-representative heavyweight 20-N engineering model thruster (to be conducted in mid-2014) are presented with performance comparisons to prior lab model (heavyweight) test articles.
Document ID
20140012535
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Masse, Robert
(Aerojet-General Corp. Redmond, WA, United States)
Spores, Ronald A.
(Aerojet-General Corp. Redmond, WA, United States)
McLean, Chris
(Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
September 24, 2014
Publication Date
July 28, 2014
Subject Category
Propellants And Fuels
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
M14-3853
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
Location: Cleveland, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: July 28, 2014
End Date: July 30, 2014
Sponsors: American Society for Electrical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM12AA79C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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