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Planned Test Facility Extension for "Green" Propellants.

Test facility extension for large rocket engines using green propellants.

 


P1 B

ESA P3 Extension

An extension of the P2 and P3 facility is planned to provide for combination earth/space storable propellants including "green propellants", LOX / hydrocarbons, LOX alcohol etc

 

Typical Activities

  • Thrust chamber / engine development tests from 1 kN to 1500 kN thrust.
  • LOX turbopump tests for Vulcain 3 with:
    - hot-gas drive conditioning (test run duration: 160 sec.)
    - cold-gas drive conditioning (test run duration: 400 sec.)



 

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