Analysis of Potential Plume Contamination Effects Resulting from Two 300-Lb. Bipropellant Engines Operating in a Satellite Environment.

Abstract

Two bipropellant rocket engines were analyzed for total plume contaminant production and a specific vehicular effect of the vehicle-deposited contaminant when operated with a prescribed satellite configuration and engine duty cycle. The two engines analyzed were the Rocketdyne RS-2101 and the Marquardt R 23-B. The vehicular effect analyzed was electrical power loss from degradation of the solar cell array.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746306

Entities

People

  • J. R. Nunn
  • R. J. Hoffman
  • W. T. Webber

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bipropellants
  • Cells
  • Contamination
  • Degradation
  • Engines
  • Environment
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Production
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Solar Cells
  • Space Systems
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites