We will attend the Space Propulsion Conference in Glasgow 20-23. May 2024. This will be the Preliminary event program. Happy to see you there.
New Cluster of Cold Gas Thrusters in Development
We are currently developing a new cluster of 400mN cold gas thrusters.
Features:
- Thrust up to 400 mN (depending on input pressure, gas and the used throat size)
- Any configuration is possible: Direction, canting angle, number of thrusters, with or without additional isolation valve
- Pressure up to 10 bar
- Pulsable up to 500 Hz (reaction time ~ 1-2 ms)
- Lifetime: to be tested
- No warm up time
- Available seals: NBR, Silicone, and FKM
- Low power (2W for one thruster, additional 2.5W when also using an isolation valve)
- Lightweight: < 180 grams (Configuration as shown: 4 thrusters and isolation valve)
- No contamination of nearby optics or solar panels when using plain gases
- Precise, predictable, repeatable
- ISP depends on the used gas (First tests with CO2 showed a thrust of ~400 mN and a specific impulse of 630 m/s (64s))
- Compatible with non corrosive gases like H2, N2, He, Ar, CO2, N2O, Propane, Ethane, Coolants like LMP-103S and many more
Cluster of 4 400mN cold gas thrusters with optional additional isolation valve. Thrusters are slightly canted to prevent the exhaust to impact satellite structure. More info’s in the future here.
Our torch igniter got mentioned on everyday astronaut YouTube Channel
One of our torch igniters got mentioned by everyday astronaut (one of the mayor channels about space related news). They did nor ask for permission, but hey… we are still proud of it. Thanks Max for pointing me to the clip.
The original clip is here on our YT channel:
ARIS Daedalus/Piccard Team launches in Portugal at EUROC 21
And the way to it…
Attending Space Propulsion Conference 2020+1
We are attending the 2020+1 Space Propulsion Conference (Along with the CySat21 conference which is happening at the same time unfortunately). https://spacepropulsion2020.com
Small injector 3D printed with BASF’s 316L filament
Small 3D-printed rocket engine injector finished. Nothing special so far, except it’s not SLM printed… it’s printed in a FDM process using BASF’s new 316L filament with debinding and sintering afterwards. Details are not as good as in SLM but it’s way cheaper! The injector works with N2O/Ethane and is designated for a 600N satellite thruster currently under development @IBB.ch
Info’s about this promising new process can be found at BASF.
First firing of ARIS’ RHEA engine
RHEA, lays the foundation for future hybrid rocket engine developments at ARIS. The built test infrastructure is expandable to thrusts up to 20 kN. RHEA’s first-generation engine focuses on high safety factors and a high degree of modularity to test a variety of different key parameters. A perfect baseline to scale up the engine and make it flight-ready in the future. RHEA’s successor IRIDE is currently under development and will deliver 5kN of thrust.
PDR at ARIS
IBB.ch supports the development of the propulsion system at ARIS (Akademische Raumfahrt Initiative Schweiz)