Pulse Performance Analysis of a 45 Newton Additively Manufactured Bipropellant Thruster

What is it about?

Traditional manufacturing methods pose a limitation to the design of injectors for thrusters on the lower end of the thrust range, which can be changed by additive manufacturing. This improves start and stop transients and ensures better predictability of the impulse produced by a thruster. We demonstrate testing and performance of a 45-N hypergolic thruster that is additively manufactured to support this claim.

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