Redmond hydrazine monopropellant rocket engine. 500 mN. Communications satellite N-S stationkeeping, MMAS 5000. In Production. Isp=304s. First flight 1991.

First Flown: Astra 1B (March 1991). Flown: 16 (32 produced) planned to end-1995. Dry Mass: 848 gm. Length: 19.4 cm. Max Diameter: 8.84 cm. Mounting Method: bolted four places. Propellant: hydrazine at 0.119-0.167 gm/sec over Shell 405 catalyst and 610-839.6. W electric heater. Feed Method: GN2 or Ghe at 21.8-23.8 atm through Wright Components 9 W dual seat. solenoid valve. Thrust: 0.36-0.50 N. Isp: 280-304 sec vacuum. Expansion Ratio: 100:1. Nozzle Length: 0.879 cm. Nozzle Cooling Method: radiative. Combustion Chamber Pressure: 3.4-6.5 atm. Combustion Chamber Temperature: 800 Celsius. Combustion Chamber Cooling Method: radiative. Duty Cycle: 300 sec minimum to 2 hr maximum. 430,000 pulses. Itotal: 525 kNs.

Application: Communications satellite N-S stationkeeping, MMAS 5000..

Characteristics

Engine: 0.85 kg (1.87 lb). Chamber Pressure: 6.60 bar. Area Ratio: 100. Thrust to Weight Ratio: .06.

AKA: Improved Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster.
Status: In Production.
Height: 0.19 m (0.64 ft).
Diameter: 0.0884 m (0.2900 ft).
Thrust: 0.50 N (0.11 lbf).
Specific impulse: 304 s.
Burn time: 7,200 s.

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Associated Propellants

• Hydrazine

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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies

• Redmond American manufacturer of rocket engines. Redmond, USA. More...

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See also

• Monopropellant

• Upper Stages

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Associated Countries

• USA

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