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HiperLoc-EP High Performance Low Cost Electric Propulsion 1 This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreem ent No 730075 HIPERLOC-EP: D EVELOPMENT OF E LECTROSPRAY C

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730075

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HiperLoc-EP

High Performance Low Cost Electric Propulsion

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730075

HIPERLOC-EP: DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROSPRAY COLLOID ELECTRIC PROPULSION AS A LOW COST DISRUPTIVE PROPULSION

TECHNOLOGY

PRESENTER: JOHN STARK QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

EPIC Workshop 24th October 2017 CDTI Madrid

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Project Lead

  • Queen Mary University Of London (UK)

Team Members

  • Airbus Defence & Space Ltd (UK)
  • NanoSpace AB (Sweden)
  • SystematIC design BV (Netherlands)

THE TEAM

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Project Title

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High performance Low cost Electric Propulsion system: HiperLoc-EP Vision

To develop an Electric Propulsion System having an efficiency and performance comparable to those used on current commercial platforms but fully scalable in thrust from μN to mN with cost an

  • rder of magnitude below current systems, thus facilitating the

market opportunities for large scale microsatellite constellations and commercial microsatellite platforms

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Project Title

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High performance Low cost Electric Propulsion system: HiperLoc-EP Vision

To develop an Electric Propulsion System having an efficiency and performance comparable to those used on current commercial platforms but fully scalable in thrust from μN to mN with cost an

  • rder of magnitude below current systems, thus facilitating the

market opportunities for large scale microsatellite constellations and commercial microsatellite platforms

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Project Title

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High performance Low cost Electric Propulsion system: HiperLoc-EP Vision

To develop an Electric Propulsion System having an efficiency and performance comparable to those used on current commercial platforms but fully scalable in thrust from μN to mN with cost an

  • rder of magnitude below current systems, thus facilitating the

market opportunities for large scale microsatellite constellations and commercial microsatellite platforms

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The Technology Original requirement performance specification

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Electrospray Colloid Electric Propulsion

Microthrust Array (FP7)

Thrust density mN/cm^2 Specific Impulse (sec) Specific Thrust mN/kW Thrust target μN Volume dm^3 Efficiency % 0.2 2500 40 100 0.3

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HiperLoc-EP Target performance

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Novelty

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  • New approach driven by requirement for major

cost reduction

  • Radical paradigm shift in the manufacturing and

materials used for any EP system (including colloid)

  • The design is an integrated system comprising
  • Colloid thrust head
  • Propellant Storage and Feed System
  • Power Processing Unit

HiperLoc-EP test piece

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Activities Completed

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  • Website now on line http://www.hiperloc.eu/
  • Market analysis identifying initial markets that could be

disrupted by HiperLoc-EP Technology

  • Analysis of functional requirements for target markets
  • Identification of system performance requirements and

updating of original specification

  • Critical component testing (on-going)
  • Developing system architecture (on-going)
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Market Analysis

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Market Analysis

  • Review has taken place of various markets that may be disrupted by

access to a performant low cost EP

  • Nano-sat market typified by Multi-unit CubeSat individual

systems

  • Science missions
  • Small satellite mega-constellations
  • Sub-50 kg satellite market evaluation based on SpaceWorks forecasts

with additional analysis from market engagement with operators

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Market Analysis

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  • Growth prediction Nano/micro satellites mass < 50kg
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Market Analysis

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  • The sub 10kg market has dominated launches
  • Post 2014 reduction due to launch availability
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Market Analysis

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  • Forecast identifies that commercial sector will dominate sub 50kg

future market

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Cube Sat Constellations

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Small satellite Mega-Constellations

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  • Opportunities developing with “mega-constellations” operating in

LEO typified by One-Web (currently at CDR) and SpaceX and Samsung (speculative)

  • Anticipate cost to be a main system driver with

any suitable EP system requiring mass production

  • Possible future markets: Maritime Surveillance
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Market Conclusions

Conclusions A low cost EP technology could prove to be disruptive in 2 principal market areas, wherein both markets demonstrate existing/growing demand that HiperLoc-EP could enable:

  • 1. Nano/Microsatellite market
  • 2. Small satellite Mega-constellation

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Mission & Performance Considerations

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Mission studies carried out include:

  • NanoSats: Delfi-n3Xt, GOMX-4;
  • MicroSats: OHB QuadSats,
  • SmallSats: OneWeb, SWARM
  • Medium/large Satellites for science mission

Functional requirements

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  • Wish-list requirements identified by customers (note unlikely to be

able to meet all these for given systems due to performance conflicts) Mission & Performance Considerations

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Updated technology verification target

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Thrust density mN/cm^2 Specific Impulse (sec) Specific Thrust mN/kW Thrust target μN Volume dm^3 Thruster Efficiency % Total Impulse (Ns) 0.2 > 1000s ≥ 56 ≥ 500 n/a 50 2000 HiperLoc-EP Target Verification Performance

Note

  • Higher specific impulse is certainly achievable but this will

increase cost

  • Thrust density is not a driving system requirement
  • Thrust level is geared towards perceived market rather than a

limiting factor

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System Highlights

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System Highlights

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  • All propellant and

power is used propulsively:

  • no neutralizer

required

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System Highlights

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  • Simple interface:
  • nly a power

and data bus

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System Highlights

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  • PS&FS thermally

integrated with CTH and PPU

  • Propellant is isolated

from ground environment hence simple pre-launch storage

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Conclusions

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  • High efficiency: No neutralizer required
  • Novel propellants possible
  • HiperLoc-EP provides a radically different way to achieve the

advantages of an electrospray colloid electric propulsion system

  • The paradigm shift in manufacturing approach will result in

an improved performance to cost ratio by an order of magnitude

  • Hence anticipate HiperLoc-EP system will prove to be

disruptive to markets adopting multi-unit CubeSats and with potential for new market mega-constellations of small satellites

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730075

THANK YOU

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