Green Propellant Infusion Mission program overview and status

Author

McLean, C.H. ; Viesca, Silvia Giron ; Deininger, W.D. ; Unruh, Bryce W. ; Spores, Ronald A. ; Frate, David T. ; Yim, John T. ; Johnson, Ward L. ; Aggarwal, P.K. ; Reed, Brian D.

Author_Institution

Ball Aerosp., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

1-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

20

Abstract

The NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate´s (STMD) Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) is comprised of a cross-cutting team of domestic spacecraft propulsion and green technology experts. The GPIM program has technology infusion-team members from all three major market sectors: Industry, NASA, and the Department of Defense (DoD). This team is led and managed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (Ball), and includes Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Edwards AFB (AFRL), NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), and NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC). STMD programmatic and technology oversight is provided by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The GPIM program shall fly an operational AF-M315E green propulsion subsystem on a Ball-built BCP-100 spacecraft.

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; environmental factors; space vehicles; Aerojet Rocketdyne; Aerospace Systems Directorate; Air Force Research Laboratory; Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp; Ball-built BCP-100 spacecraft; Department of Defense; Edwards AFB; GPIM program; GPIM technology demonstration mission; NASA Glenn Research Center; NASA Kennedy Space Center; NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; NASA space technology mission directorate; STMD programmatic and technology; domestic spacecraft propulsion; green propellant infusion mission program overview; green propellant infusion mission program status; green technology experts; market sectors; operational AF-M315E green propulsion subsystem; Hazards; NASA; Payloads; Propulsion; Space vehicles; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5582-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2014.6836245

Filename

6836245