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Volume 11, 2019
Progress in Propulsion Physics – Volume 11
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| Page(s) | 495 - 516 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201911495 | |
| Published online | 08 February 2019 | |
Delivering engine demonstrators for competitive evolutions of the european launchers
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ESA Launchers 52 rue Jacques Hillairet, Paris 75012, France
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ESA-ESTEC 1 Keplerlaan, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Abstract
The year 2014 was one of achievements for the propulsion projects of the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). Highly relevant results were produced by hot-fire testing of three different engine demonstrators — a solid propulsion demonstrator focusing on pressure oscillations, a 5-kilonewton storable bipropellant engine, and a 25-kilonewton hybrid propulsion demonstrator. These concrete achievements were accompanied by the fast progress of a 115-kilonewton cryogenic expandercycle thrust chamber demonstrator which reached Preliminary Design Review (PDR) by end 2014, with hot-fire tests scheduled in 2017. These achievements give a solid grounding to the continuation and expansion of engine demonstrator projects at ESA Launchers.
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