RESULTS OF THE QUALIFICATION TEST OF EIGHT JPL-SR-28-3 ROCKET MOTORS AT SIMULATED ALTITUDE

Abstract

Eight Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL-SR-28-3 solid-propellant rocket motors were test fired under the combined effects of rotational spin at 100 rpm, temperature conditioning at 100 F (4 motors) and 40 F (4 motors), and an average pressure altitude in excess of 100,000 ft, as the Qualification Test Phase of the Applications Technology Satellite Apogee Motor Program. The primary objective of the program was to determine motor performance during simulated flight conditions. Secondary objectives were to measure motor case and nozzle temperatures for 300 sec after ignition and to evaluate the motor case and nozzle structural integrity. Motor performance is presented and compared with data from earlier AEDC test firings of the same type of motor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0802218

Entities

People

  • A. A. Cimino
  • C. W. Stevenson

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Apogees
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Combustion
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Ignition
  • Instrumentation
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Solid Propellants
  • Strain Gages
  • Structural Integrity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Orbital Debris