Bimodal Ammonia Nuclear Thermal and Electric Rocket

Project Information

BANTER

Grant agreement ID: 101186520

DOI

10.3030/101186520

EC signature date 25 October 2024

Start date 1 February 2025

End date 31 January 2029

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost

€ 2 997 300,00

EU contribution

€ 2 997 300,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DI PISA
Italy

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Publications

Conference proceedings (9)

Thruster and testing facility design developments of low power AF-MPD thrusters in SUPREME and BANTER

Author(s): Wanke David, Grill Julia, Sperber Alessa, Behnke Alexander, Becatti Giulia, Herdrich Georg, van Limbeek Michiel Antonius Jacobus
Published in: 35th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Tokushima, Japan, 2025
Publisher: 35th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Tokushima, Japan

Design of an Ammonia-fed Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System for Reusable Space-tug in Cislunar Orbits

Author(s): Elia Puccinelli, Valerio Giusti, Angelo Pasini
Published in: Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025), 2025
Publisher: American Nuclear Society
DOI: 10.13182/XYZ-47430

Extending the Evolutionary System Design Converger (ESDC) for High-Power Electric Propulsion

Author(s): Julia Grill, Manfred Ehresmann, Georg Herdrich
Published in: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference
Publisher: Electric Rocket Propulsion Society
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.19004187

Preliminary Considerations on BANTER: A European Project on Innovative Ammonia Bimodal Nuclear Rocket

Author(s): Elia Puccinelli, Valerio Giusti, Angelo Pasini
Published in: Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025), 2025
Publisher: American Nuclear Society
DOI: 10.13182/XYZ-47409

Bimodal Ammonia Nuclear Thermal and Electric Rocket (BANTER): Project Overview

Author(s): Angelo Pasini, Elia Puccinelli, Valerio Giusti, Lorenzo Ferrari, Georg Herdrich, Giulia Becatti, Antonio Dambrosio, Candice Massucci-Templier, Luca Labella, Simona Samaritani, Guido Francesco Frate, Fabrizio Paganucci, Aldo Micciani, Julia Grill, David Wanke, Alessa Sperber, Alexander Behnke, Guido Mazzini, Vincenzo Romanello
Published in: IAF Space Propulsion Symposium, 2026
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
DOI: 10.52202/083090-0080

Integrating Mission and System Analyses in the BANTER Project for Nuclear Bimodal Propulsion

Author(s): Julia Grill, Georg Herdrich, Giulia Becatti, Elia Puccinelli, Angelo Pasini
Published in: 76th International Astronautical Congress, 2025
Publisher: IAF

Reduced-Order Model of Ammonia Decomposition Reaction for Increasing Nuclear Thermal Rocket Performance

Author(s): Elia Puccinelli, Angelo Pasini
Published in: IAF Space Power Symposium, 2026
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
DOI: 10.52202/083089-0045

Integrating Mission and System Analyses in the BANTER Project for Nuclear Bimodal Propulsion

Author(s): Julia Grill, Giulia Becatti, Georg Herdrich, Elia Puccinelli, Angelo Pasini
Published in: IAF Space Propulsion Symposium, 2026
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
DOI: 10.52202/083090-0122

Definition of Requirements and System Engineering of the Innovative Bimodal Ammonia Nuclear Thermal and Electric Rocket (BANTER)

Author(s): Elia Puccinelli, Valerio Giusti, Julia Grill, Giulia Becatti, Georg Herdrich, Angelo Pasini
Published in: IAF Space Propulsion Symposium, 2026
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
DOI: 10.52202/083090-0089