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Agenda
- NASA Collaboration
– NRPTA – IHPRPT
- Test Stand Legacy
- Reusable Booster Engines
- Orbit Transfer Propulsion
- Power
Col Joe Boyle Col Joe Boyle Associate Director, Propulsion - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Col Joe Boyle Col Joe Boyle Associate Director, Propulsion - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Col Joe Boyle Col Joe Boyle Associate Director, Propulsion Associate Director, Propulsion Air Force Research Laboratory Air Force Research Laboratory Agenda NASA Collaboration NRPTA IHPRPT Test Stand Legacy Reusable Booster
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AFRL-Edwards Test Stands
- 20 Rocket Test Complexes with 51 Test Cells
- 60% of the Nation’s Million-lb class engine stands
- Three recently refurbished Apollo-era stands
- Legacy includes development and production testing of
upper-stage & booster-class liquid and solid rockets
Test Stand 1D Test Stand 1-32 – SR-19 Firing Test Stand 1A – RS-68 Engine Test Stand 2A
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Reusable Boost
- Capabilities
– Full Flow Cycle,
- Enables 10 times
engine life & reliability
– Hydrostatic Bearings – Oxygen Rich Compatible
Materials
– Integrated Vehicle Health
Monitoring
– Advanced Engine Cooling
IPD Hydrogen Pump Test IPD Oxygen Pump Test IPD Oxygen Preburner Test IPD Hydrogen Preburner Test Rocketdyne RS-27
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Orbit Transfer Propulsion
- Enables High Priority Missions
– Cargo Transport for Manned
Exploration
– LEO-GEO Orbit Transfer – Satellite Rescue & Servicing
Cluster of four 200 W Hall thrusters
AFRL Developing High Power Hall Thrusters
20 kW High Performance Hall Thruster …and Clustered Hall Thruster Technologies
Combine for Scalable Propulsion System for Orbit Transfer Applications
600 W Hall thruster for clustered
- peration
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Space Power
Thermal Management Thermal Management Thermal Management Variable Speed Drives Variable Speed Drives Variable Speed Drives Turbo Generator Turbo Generator Turbo Generator
- Enables Responsive Access-To-Space For On-Demand
Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit Affordable Spacelift Enabling New Space Ops Eliminate Central Hydraulics - Decrease System Complexity Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability
- Enables Responsive Access
Enables Responsive Access-
- To
To-
- Space For On
Space For On-
- Demand
Demand Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit Delivery of Mission Assets To Low Earth Orbit
- Affordable
Affordable Spacelift Spacelift Enabling New Space Ops Enabling New Space Ops
- Eliminate Central Hydraulics
Eliminate Central Hydraulics -
- Decrease System
Decrease System Complexity Complexity
- Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability
Fault Tolerant “Smart” Power Improves Reliability Fuel Cells Fuel Cells Fuel Cells
Advanced Energy Storage Devices (Lithium Ion Battery) Advanced Energy Advanced Energy Storage Devices Storage Devices (Lithium Ion Battery) (Lithium Ion Battery)
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