Definition of an arcjet propulsion sub-systemAn engineering flight demonstration of a 100 kW3 Space Reactor Power System is planned for the mid to late 1990s. An arcjet based propulsion subsystem will be included on the flight demonstraction as a secondary experiment. Two studies, sponsored by the Kay Technologies Directorate of the SDI Organization and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are currently under way to define that propulsion subsystem. The principal tasks of those contracts and the plans for two later phases, an experimental verification of the concept and a flight qualification/delivery of a flight unit, are described.
Document ID
19890059576
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Price, Theodore W. (California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)