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Summary
The Rafael Ltd 45N thruster is a monopropellant thruster suitable as satellite launcher thruster with hydrazine as propellant.
The thruster consists of a Flow Control Valve (FCV) that is operated by solenoid, MS 33656-4 inlet interface and a Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) with a nozzle of expansion ratio 50.
The thruster has flight heritage and is free of any ITAR restrictions.
Key features
- Monopropellant thruster
- Suitable as satellite launcher thruster
- Hydrazine as propellant
- System consists of:
- Solenoid-operated Flow Control Valve (FCV)
- MS 33656-4 inlet interface
- Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA)
- Bell-shaped nozzle
- Free of any ITAR restrictions
Manufacturing
- Clean rooms (more than 1000 m²)
- Clean Room Component Level
- Clean Room PS-AIT
- Metal Technology Center
- CAD/CAM, CNC machining
- Electro-Erosion
- Forming, hydro-spinning, deep hot and cold-drawing
- Surface treatment, heat treatment
- Welding (EBW, GTAW, GMAW, plasma), brazing
- Cutting, bending and flaring of titanium tubes
- Hot Firing test facility which includes 5 Firing Chambers
- Chambers for 1÷10 N class thrusters
- Chamber for high-trust thrusters and/or system tests
- Chamber for Hall effect thruster & EP system firing
- Ground support equipment for testing components and systems
- GSE propulsion systems electrical tester
Testing & qualification
Rafael Quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D. The quality policy of Rafael is derived from the common space quality standards, especially from ESA. Rafael ensures 100% inspection on the space products from the raw materials used to final integration. ERP integrated quality system enables full traceability from raw material to the delivered item.
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Last updated: 2024-02-05
45N Thruster
Specs
>190 s @ 6 bar
2.3 @ 6 bar & 100 msec. ON
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