4DOF Steam Propulsion System for 1U CubeSats and Larger

Presenter Information

• David Hinkley, The Aerospace Corporation
• Jonathan Cheng, The Aerospace Corporation
• Susan Ossareh, The Aerospace Corporation
• Jeff Asher, The Aerospace Corporation
• Logan Fernandez, The Aerospace Corporation
• Brenda Valdez, The Aerospace Corporation
• Bhargav Nagarajan, The Aerospace Corporation
• Aryan Jafari, The Aerospace Corporation
• Stephen Samples, The Aerospace Corporation

Session

Poster Session 3

Location

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Abstract

Aerospace developed a warm gas water vapor propulsion system for the OCSD-A mission in 2015 and redesigned it for the AeroCube-10 mission in 2019. Those were single nozzle systems. The 2019 mission performed reliably so this design is an evolution to 5 thrusters. Also new is that the main tank is additively manufactured aluminum so that tubing can be embedded and thermal management is easier.

Document Type

Event