The Nammo Space designed and manufactured 321 second Isp, MON/ Hydrazine apogee engine delivers a thrust of 1000 N.  The Nammo Space LEROS 4 engine has a thrust range between 900 N and 1100N.  This new development is often referred to as the High Thrust Apogee Engine, or HTAE.  The engine is being prepared for its first in-vacuum hotfire tests in the National Space Propulsion Test Facility at Westcott.

The High Thrust Apogee Engine is been designed as a mission enabling, propellant optimizing engine targeted at ESA deep-space Mars-return missions and has undergone extensive development and hotfire testing.  All Nammo apogee engines are hot-fire tested in the UK National Space Propulsion Test Facility at Nammo Westcott.  High altitude testing and Qualification is targeted for 2021.

Status

The LEROS 4 is currently going through its qualification test campaign.  Please contact Nammo for further details.

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