Leading the Way to Electric Propulsion in Belfast

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1 European Space Propulsion Leading the Way to Electric Propulsion in Belfast February

2 Overview Strategic New Entrant To European Space Industry Provide Aerojet Rocketdyne Heritage In-Space Propulsion Based in Belfast, UK Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. Manufactured by Europeans and Supported By A Lower Cost Supply Chain UK Registered A Lower Cost, High Quality Propulsion Supplier For The European Market 2

3 European Space Propulsion A New European Propulsion Company Products / Services N 2 H 4 System Integration & Assembly Select N 2 H 4 Thruster Manufacturing Electric Propulsion Thrusters/Systems Green Propulsion Development In-Space Chemical Propulsion Testing Satellite Fueling Services Business Strategy Stepwise Implementation Systems, Select Thrusters, Testing Selected Teammate/Site With Maximum Capability Strategy Rigorous Training and Validation Program European Space Propulsion Ltd. Formed In July

4 Site and Teammate Selection - UK Thales Air Defense Ltd. (TADL), Belfast Description Formerly Shorts Missile Systems 500 Employees, 80M Turnover Missile Manufacturing & Test Benefit To ESP Large Clean Room Assembly Areas State Of Art Machine Shop (35% Out Of House) N 2 H 4 Use Both Storage & Test Available Skilled Workforce TADL Has Significant Experience in Technology Transfer Castlereagh, Belfast (Manufacturing & Assembly) Crossgar (N 2 H 4 Testing) ESP TADL Aerojet Rocketdyne A Powerful Force in Space Propulsion in Europe 4

5 30 m European Space Propulsion Site / Facility Usage Northern Ireland ESP Headquarters (Castelreagh) Belfast 30 m ESP Controlled Provided and Operated by TADL (Subcontract) Castlereagh Production Area ESP Controlled N 2 H 4 Test Facility Provided and Operated by TADL (Subcontract) Crossgar 5

6 Flight Proven Propulsion Products Monopropellant Thrusters Licensed MR-103 Engine and 4 N MR-111 Engine Fully Integrated Monopropellant Propulsion Systems Leverages Aerojet Rocketdyne s Flight Heritage With Designing and Fabricating > 230 Propulsion Systems Electric Propulsion Transfer heritage XR-5 and ESP development of Euro-4000 Hall Thruster Green Propellant Leveraging Aerojet Rocketdyne s Work With AF-M315E which Offers Lower Toxicity and Higher Density-Isp Performance Than Hydrazine MR-103 MR-111 ARCM System Atlas II Roll Control Module EO-1 System Hall Thruster 6

7 Aerojet Rocketdyne Electric Propulsion A2100 ACeS Star-2 Intelsat 23 AEHF Kizuna ARGOS Aerojet Rocketdyne has been developing and delivering Electric Propulsion thrusters and systems since 1984 Industry Leader in Electric Propulsion Systems Full spectrum of EP technologies: Electrothermal, Arcjet, Electromagnetic, Hall Effect and Gridded Ion All capabilities and facilities for design, analysis, manufacture and test of complete EP systems 8 flight qualified power processor designs Over 150 shipsets with 500 thrusters flown Aerojet Rocketdyne is committed to providing electric propulsion solutions across the range of applications 7

8 AR Electric Propulsion Heritage Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster Hydrazine Arcjets and Power Processing Unit High Power Ammonia Arcjet and Feed System Pulsed Plasma Thruster Hall Thruster Firing Xenon Ion Engine Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered over 500 electric propulsion devices H-4231 Approved for Public Release and Export 8

9 Aerojet Electric Propulsion Heritage 1983 First Flight of Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT) RCA Astro 1991 First Flight of Improved Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (IMPEHT) Flying on 131 satellites 1993 First Flight of Hydrazine Arcjet System Telstar First Flight of 2 kw Hydrazine Arcjet System Flying on 41 satellites 1998 First Flight of Hall Thruster System on Western Spacecraft STEX Aerojet has been a leader in the implementation of Electric Propulsion 1999 Highest Power EP Device Flown 30 kw Ammonia Arcjet System ARGOS/ESEX 2002 First All Propulsive ACS Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) System Earth Observing Highest Power, Highest Efficiency Hall System Ever Flown Advanced EHF 2013 Three AEHF SVs Now Delivered to GEO Advanced EHF 9

10 2010-H

11 Aerojet Hall Effect Propulsion XR-5 Hall Thruster Propulsion System One thruster per PPU in each string 5 kw total input power per thruster at 70 V 280 mn per thruster at 1815 sec, Xenon 3 shipsets flown; 3 more on contract BPT-4000 Hall Thruster Propulsion System XR-12 and XR-20 High Power Hall Thrusters One thruster per PPU in each string Thruster input power:12 kw (XR-12), up to 20 kw (XR-20) 780 mn per thruster at 2300 sec, Xenon (XR-12) XR-12 developed for TSAT, XR-20 in development for AFRL XR-12 Thruster, Cathode and Power Processing Unit 11

12 XR-5 Hall System Multi-mode 4.5 kw class Hall thruster system designed for military and commercial GEO satellite applications Single string architecture Baseline system qualification testing completed in 2005 First flight on Advanced EHF satellite launched August 2010 Full GTO to GEO orbit transfer completed October, 2011 on AEHF SV1 with BPT-4000 system SV2 and SV3 flown with ~50% GTO-GEO EPOR 12 thruster strings flown; 12 currently in production 12

13 XR-5 Hall Thruster 2 kw 3 kw 4.5 kw Thrust (300 Volts) 133mN 190mN 277mN Thrust(400 Volts) 117mN 173mN 256mN Specific Impulse (300 V) 1606s 1727s 1838s Specific Impulse (400 V) 1770 s 1905 s 2050s Multi Mode Operation: High Thrust: 300V at 4.5 kw High Isp: 400V at 3 or 4.5 kw Cathode based on NASA s ISS plasma contactor Demonstrated Thruster Life Capability >10,000 hours and >7000 cycles 2012-H

14 XR-5 Key Discriminators Key Discriminating Advantage Only Flight Proven 5kW Hall Thruster Highest Performance Hall Thruster Longest demonstrated life of any Hall Thruster All system integration issues resolved and validated Broadest operating range of any Hall Thruster Enhanced affordability Benefit to Users Lowest technical and schedule risk Shortest orbit raising duration and lowest propellant mass, providing highest financial return Enables full GTO-GEO EPOR; and potentially full LEO-GEO EPOR Lowest technical risk Enables broad mission application and mission flexibility Improved financial return 14

15 Euro-4000 Overview ESP proposes to provide for sales in the EU, a European version of the Aerojet Rocketdyne XR-5 (BPT-4000) Hall Thruster and XFC New ESP thruster will be designated the Euro-4000 Intent of this new Euro-4000 is to: Retain heritage design/processes for elements that are critical to flight/qualification heritage Incorporate European market required design features and European suppliers for elements that do not impact qual life Drive lowest cost solution ESP Plans to Introduce Euro-4000 Hall Thruster to EU Market 15

16 Euro-4000 Description Heritage XR-5 Thruster Euro-4000 Thruster Heritage XR-5 Thruster Modified for European Market Maintain critical qual/flight heritage elements Incorporate new European designs and suppliers Validate with delta-qual (all qual tests, except abbreviated life test) Euro-4000 XFC All new XFC Modified For European Market Incorporate European designs and suppliers Validate thru full qualification test program Heritage XR-5 XFC 16

17 Long Term EP Roadmap Immediate Offering: Flight Heritage XR-5 Thruster and XFC Within Next 2 Years: Euro-4000 Thruster and XFC Within Next 5 Years: Euro-4000HV (high-voltage) Thruster and XFC High-Isp Euro-4000 thruster coupled with externally developed highvoltage PPU Within 6-10 Years: Fully European Developed Next Generation Hall Thruster Targeting 10kW-class thruster Targeting Expanded Operating Range: High-Isp capability up to 3,000-sec High-Thrust capability up to 90mN/kW 17

18 Summary European Space Propulsion is a New Entrant to the European Market Based in Belfast, UK Offering a Variety of Technologies Monopropellant Thrusters & Systems Green Propellants Electric Propulsion Aerojet Rocketdyne has a Long Heritage of Developing, Qualifying and Flying Innovative Electric Propulsion Products XR-5 is the Only Flight Proven 5kW Hall Thruster European Space Propulsion has developed a Transition and Manufacturing Plan for the Euro-4000 Draws heavily from the flight proven XR-5 (BPT-4000) 18