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High Performance Solid Propellants for In-Space Propulsion
Start date:2011-03-01
End date:2014-02-28
Project Acronym:HISP
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT | |
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Name:Teresa |
Gullfossgatan 164 90 STOCKHOLM SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE STOCKHOLM Stockholms lan |
| Tel:+46-855-504050 | |
| Fax:+46-855-503949 | |
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Description
Objective:
The objective of this project is to significantly reduce the time, cost and mass required for spacecrafts to reach their destinations. This is directly linked to their propulsion systems. The only way to significantly improve the performance of a propulsion system is to develop propellants with higher specific impulse.
The objective of the project will be met by developing a high performance solid rocket propellant with performance similar or higher compared to state of the art liquid bi-propellants and about 10% higher compared to the current state of the art solid propellants. The project thus address advanced chemical propulsion technologies and more specifically advanced high energy density fuels, for in-space propulsion, mentioned in the Work Programme. Development of a high performance solid propellant will be achieved by using the new high energy density oxidizer ammonium dinitramide, ADN, an energetic binder based on glycidyl azide polymer, GAP, and high energy density fuels such as aluminium hydride (AlH3), nano-aluminium and activated aluminium. Recent breakthroughs in the area of high energy density materials at several laboratories in Europe have shown that development of such propellants now seems viable. The propellant developed will be fully characterized with respect to stability, hazard properties, mechanical properties and performance.
The performance will be determined at the end of the project by firing a test motor containing approximately 7 kg of propellant. Finally system analysis will be performed to determine the overall mission benefits by selecting two reference missions. Currently the high energy density materials to be used in the project are produced in small scale. The methods to produce them will be improved in order to produce the amount needed for the project. These production improvements will also make the materials more available to the space community and thus help to implement them in future missions.
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Project Details
Start date:2011-03-01
End date:2014-02-28
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:262099
Project cost:2823326 EURO
Project Funding:1975683 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Space transportation for space exploration
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.hisp-fp7.eu
Subject index:Transport, Space & satellite research
Results for this Project
Other participants
| Organization name:FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V | |
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Name:Andrea |
Hansastrasse MUENCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-8912052723 | |
| Fax:+49-8912057534 | |
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| Organization name:AVIO S.P.A | |
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Name:Massimo |
Strada del Drosso TORINO ITALIA Region:NORD OVEST PIEMONTE Torino |
| Tel:+39-0110084487 | |
| Fax:+39-0110084038 | |
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| URL:http://www.aviogroup.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:POLITECNICO DI MILANO | |
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Name:Fulvio |
PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI MILANO ITALIA Region:LOMBARDIA |
| Tel:+39-0223998331 | |
| Fax:+39-0223998334 | |
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| URL:http://www.polimi.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK - TNO | |
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Name:John |
Schoemakerstraat 6060 DELFT NEDERLAND Region:ZUID-NEDERLAND LIMBURG (NL) Midden-Limburg |
| Tel:+31-152843628 | |
| Fax:+31-152843974 | |
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| Organization name:SIBTERMOKHIM OOO | |
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Name:Alexander |
AKADEMICHESKIY TOMSK Russian Federation Region: |
| Tel:+7-9039550567 | |
| Fax:+7-3822286885 | |
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| Organization name:EURENCO SA | |
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Name:Christian |
QUAI HENRY IV PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-490336260 | |
| Fax:+33-490336238 | |
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| URL:http://www.eurenco.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:THE INNER ARCHSARL | |
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Name:Max |
rue saint Sébastien POISSY FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Yvelines |
| Tel:+33-130064934 | |
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| URL:http://www.innerarch.eu | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:EURENCO BOFORS AB | |
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Name:Björn |
Björkborns Industriomrade 69186 KARLSKOGA SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE ÖSTRA MELLANSVERIGE Örebro län |
| Tel:+46-58683457 | |
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Record control number:97991
