Sat, Jun 30, 2007
May Be Used On Orion Manned Space Vehicle
Aerojet, a core propulsion provider for NASA's new Orion space
exploration vehicle, as well as several Missile Defense Agency
propulsion programs, tells ANN it recently conducted an internally
funded test firing of large-scale controllable solid rocket
motors.
Controllable solid rocket motors combine the simplicity of using
solid propellants with the flexibility normally associated with use
of liquid propellants. Aerojet said the test resulted in the
largest successful firing of the company's controllable solids
product line using a high-power electromechanical valve control
system.
The electromechanical valve control system is being developed by
Aerojet to provide faster responding, smaller and more reliable
controllable solids that can be used on larger scale applications,
like Orion, and will reduce development risks for controllable
solids.
"In addition to proving the electromechanical valve control
system, this test successfully concludes a one year effort to
demonstrate a lower cost method of fabricating the high temperature
device used to control thrust and flow direction in our
controllable solid products," said Aerojet vice president of Space
Programs, Julie Van Kleeck. "Aerojet is making steady progress
toward improving the performance, cost and reliability of our
controllable solids products."
Aerojet's controllable solid product line is used to stabilize
the flight of space vehicles used in missile defense and by
NASA.
Currently the only company manufacturing and delivering
controllable solids products for operational vehicles, Aerojet says
it will continue to develop new capabilities to produce enhanced
controllable solids for NASA and other future missile defense
applications.
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