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Contact

Adam Watts

Strategic and Business Development Manager

MAIL Nammo (UK) Limited, 47 Westcott Venture Park, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0XB, United Kingdom.
EMAIL adam.watts@nammo.com
TEL +44 7768 952 290

NAMMO UK WESTCOTT

GENERAL

  • Dedicated, skilled space engineering team
  • Experienced Assembly Integration and Test Team
  • Cleanroom facility for space hardware
  • Electron Beam Welding
  • Experienced orbital and interplanetary propulsion solutions

TEST FACILITIES

  • National Propulsion Test Facility, for thrusters up to 1.5kN
  • High Altitude Propulsion Test Facility
  • Attitude and Reaction Control Testing
  • Small Thruster Test Facility
  • Sea Level Test Facility
  • Vibration and Resonance Testing

QUALITY

  • Certified to AS9100
  • Focused on customer needs
Location

Nammo (UK) Westcott Westcott, England, HP18 0XB, United Kingdom

LEROS 2c Apogee Engine

The LEROS 2c is a high performance bipropellant chemical thruster.

Contact

Adam Watts

Strategic and Business Development Manager

MAIL Nammo (UK) Limited, 47 Westcott Venture Park, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0XB, United Kingdom.
EMAIL adam.watts@nammo.com
TEL +44 7768 952 290

NAMMO UK WESTCOTT

GENERAL

  • Dedicated, skilled space engineering team
  • Experienced Assembly Integration and Test Team
  • Cleanroom facility for space hardware
  • Electron Beam Welding
  • Experienced orbital and interplanetary propulsion solutions

TEST FACILITIES

  • National Propulsion Test Facility, for thrusters up to 1.5kN
  • High Altitude Propulsion Test Facility
  • Attitude and Reaction Control Testing
  • Small Thruster Test Facility
  • Sea Level Test Facility
  • Vibration and Resonance Testing

QUALITY

  • Certified to AS9100
  • Focused on customer needs
Location

Nammo (UK) Westcott Westcott, England, HP18 0XB, United Kingdom

The Nammo Space designed and manufactured 321 second Isp, MON/MMH apogee engine delivers a thrust of 430 N.

The engine has been developed using the advances made Nammo engineers in engine injector/chamber assembly design gained from the ESA High Thrust LEROS 4 Engine program, while maintaining the heritage of our long running  production programs.  This engine, which utilizes relatively inexpensive Niobium alloys with a Titanium expansion cone.  The price of this engine approximately 30% lower than current market offerings for this class of high performance apogee engines.

The Nammo Ireland AEV flow control valves, is being offered to the telecommunications and science mission primes.  All Nammo apogee engines are hot-fire tested in the UK National Space Propulsion Test Facility at Nammo Westcott.  Delivery timescales are typically 12-18 months.

Performance Characteristics

  • Typical Application Apogee engine or Main delta V engine
  • Typical Operational Mode Long duration burns, Pulsing capability/Modulated firing capability
    Please contact Nammo for details of pulse mode capabilities.
  • Propellant MON/MMH
  • Thrust Range 410 N to 450 N
    92.2 lbf to 101.2 lbf
  • Thrust, nominal inlet pressure 430 N at nominal inlet pressure
    96.7 lbf at nominal inlet pressure
  • Mixture Ratio Range 1.5 to 1.8
    Oxidiser to Fuel
  • Mixture Ratio 1.65
    Oxidiser to Fuel, at nominal inlet pressure
  • Specific Impulse 321 seconds
  • Total Impulse TBD
  • Propellant Throughput TBD
  • Inlet Pressure 15.4 bara nominal
    223 psia nominal
  • Inlet Pressure Range 13.5 bara to 17 bara
    196 psia to 246.6 psia
  • Restarts TDB
  • Maximum Duration Single Firing 6,600 seconds
  • Cumulative Duration TBD
  • Mass 4.2 kg
    9.3 lb
  • Nominal Operating Temperature 1,350°C
    2,462°F
  • Propellant Temperature +4°C to +40°C
    +39°F to +104°F
  • Storage Temperature -53°C to +65°C
    -63.4°F to +149°F
  • Storage Life 4 years
  • Operational Life 19 years
  • Reliability 0.995
  • Valve Type 2 off Solenoid, Single Seat, Redundant Coil
  • Qualified Valve Cycles 10,500 on/off cycles
  • Valve Voltage 19 Vdc to 27 Vdc
  • Technology Readiness Level TRL6

Status

The LEROS 2c is currently under development.  Please contact Nammo for further details.