Hot-Fire
Test Facilities

P1 Test Facility
P2 Test Facility
P3 Test Facility
P3 Extension

Test Support

Lampoldshausen Rocket Engine Test Facilities

Hot fire test facilities for thrusters, large rocket engines and complete propulsion systems.

The rocket engine test facilities at Lampoldshausen is an integral part of Astrium's Propulsion division and is the European site for liquid propellant rocket engine and advance propulsion testing. The site is located at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and is the propulsion test centre supporting programmes of the European Space Agency.

The main hot fire test facilities are:

• P1 Test Facility
  A high altitude test facility for small propulsion having a thrust up to 600 N using earth storable monopropellants and bipropellants.

• P2 Test Facility
  A sea level test facility for liquid propellant rocket engines having a thrust up to 100 kN using earth storable hypergolic bipropellants.

• P3 Test Facility
  A test facility for large liquid propellant rocket engines using cryogenic propellants.

• P3 Extension for 2003
  An extension of the P3 facility to provide for combination earth/space storable propellants including "green propellants", LOX/hydrocarbons, LOX alcohol etc.

A descriptive aerial view of the test facilities can be seen from the Lampoldshausen Site Map.

Vulcain 2 Rocket Engine on P3 Test Stand (enlarge)

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