A miniature solid propellant rocket motor

Conference · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:510333

Grubelich, M C; Hagan, M; Mulligan, E

A miniature solid-propellant rocket motor has been developed to impart a specific motion to an object deployed in space. This rocket motor effectively eliminated the need for a cold-gas thruster system or mechanical spin-up system. A low-energy igniter, an XMC4397, employing a semiconductor bridge was used to ignite the rocket motor. The rocket motor was ground-tested in a vacuum tank to verify predicted space performance and successfully flown in a Sandia National Laboratories flight vehicle program.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 510333
• Report Number(s): SAND-97-1658C; CONF-970727-2; ON: DE97007134; TRN: AHC29717%%45
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE joint propulsion conference and exhibit, Seattle, WA (United States), 6-9 Jul 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
ROCKET ENGINES
SOLID FUELS
SIZE
DESIGN
THRUSTERS
SPACE VEHICLES
IGNITION SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
FLIGHT TESTING