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Products

VIPER™ LOX / HYDROCARBON ENGINE (Patent Pending)

Quick Specifications:

  • JET-A Kerosene Fuel (adaptable to Ethanol or Methanol Fuels)
  • Designed for throttling applications (3:1 capability)
  • Feed pressures from 150 to 250 psia with 150 psia regulated baseline
  • 5000 to 7500 lbf thrust
  • 100+ second continuous burn time
  • Removable inexpensive ablative liner
  • Combustion stability from proprietary injector and acoustic tuned chamber

 

 

Hydrogen Peroxide propellant

Quick Specifications:

  • Frontier Astronautics and X-L Space Systems begin on-site production of hydrogen peroxide.  70 to 99% hydrogen peroxide will be available in 500 lbm quantities to other space companies.

 

 

Asp™ HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ENGINE                                                               Click on picture for video

Quick Specifications:

  • 80 - 90% Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Designed for throttling applications (7:1 capability)
  • Feed pressures from 150 to 250 psia with 150 psia regulated baseline
  • 300 to 2100 lbf thrust
  • 200+ second continuous burn time
  • Dual Catalyst for increased efficiency
  • Low maintenance, does not need to be repacked between flights

                                                                                                                                                     

 

ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS (ACS) and ACS DESIGN SERVICES                 

 Specialties:                                                                                                                                   Click on picture for video                                                                                                                                    

  • Six degree of freedom Attitude Control System design and construction
  • State Space Design theory
  • Pressurant Tanks
  • Propellant Feed Lines
  • Component Selection (IMU, DGPS, Avionics, Valves, Regulators, Filters)
  • Dynamic Stabilization (Control law derivation and Matlab and Simulink modeling)

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                         Single-axis ACS suitable for upper stage roll control

Hydroge peroxide production

 

STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION SERVICES                                                                                      

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  • Structural design of your vehicle
  • Stress analysis
  • Dynamic modeling
  • Welding and fabrication
  • Complete machining, construction and integration

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