Contact

Robert Selby

Vice President Nammo Space

EMAIL rob.selby@nammo.com
TEL +44 7584 652 388

Launching History – The Nucleus Story.

In Raufoss in Norway, a small team of engineers from all over Europe has spent years developing the first rocket capable of reaching space that is powered by a Norwegian hybrid rocket motor – Nucleus. This is their story.

Contact

Robert Selby

Vice President Nammo Space

EMAIL rob.selby@nammo.com
TEL +44 7584 652 388

Launching History – The Nucleus Story.

In Raufoss in Norway, a small team of engineers from all over Europe has spent years developing the first rocket capable of reaching space that is powered by a Norwegian hybrid rocket motor – Nucleus. This is their story.

Nammo Space

Starting in the 1990s as a spin-off from Nammo’s military rocket propulsion activities, our space activities have developed into a small, yet highly competitive part of the company. Our space activities are focused on Propulsion Systems and fluidic and mechanical components in support of In-Space Propulsion Systems and Launchers.

In addition to their design and manufacturing capabilities, all locations supporting Nammo’s test activities have available extensive test benches and equipment in order to perform in-house qualification testing before delivery to the customer. The Raufoss test facilities in particular are dedicated to Green Propulsion using Hydrogen Peroxide.

Testing facilities include:

  • Solid Propulsion up to 100kN
  • Hybrid Propulsion up to 200kN
  • Mono- and bipropellant thrusters
  • Hydrazine, MMH, MON, H2O2, LMP-103S
  • High altitude facilities
  • Class 8 Cleanrooms and class 5 flow benches