L-µPPT

Innovative Liquid Micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster system for nanosatellites

Coordinatore	JMP INGENIEROS SL    more  Organization address address: CAMINO SAN MIGUEL s/n city: SOTES postcode: 26371 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Flor Cognome: Hernandez Email: send email Telefono: +34 941441909
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Sito del progetto	http://liquidppt.eu
Totale costo	2˙810˙872 €
EC contributo	1˙930˙432 €
Programma	FP7-SPACE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
Code Call	FP7-SPACE-2011-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-11-01   -   2014-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	JMP INGENIEROS SL  Organization address address: CAMINO SAN MIGUEL s/n city: SOTES postcode: 26371 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Flor Cognome: Hernandez Email: send email Telefono: +34 941441909	ES (SOTES)	coordinator	491˙840.00
2	INSTYTUT FIZYKI PLAZMY I LASEROWEJ MIKROSYNTEZY IM. SYLWESTRA KALISKIEGO  Organization address address: HERY 23 city: WARSZAWA postcode: 1497 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jacek Cognome: Kurzyna Email: send email Telefono: +48 604 98 87 86 Fax: +48 22 6838605	PL (WARSZAWA)	participant	579˙081.00
3	NAJERA AEROSPACE SL  Organization address address: CAMINO SAN MIGUEL S/N city: SOTES postcode: 26371 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Regina Cognome: Laorden Email: send email Telefono: +34 941250411	ES (SOTES)	participant	357˙688.00
4	NANOSPACE AB  Organization address address: SOLNA STRANDVAG 86 city: SOLNA postcode: 171 04 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Pelle Cognome: Rangsten Email: send email Telefono: 46707773244 Fax: 4618551301	SE (SOLNA)	participant	289˙593.00
5	MECARTEX SA  Organization address address: VIA INDUSTRIA 1 city: MUZZANO postcode: 6933 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Stefano Cognome: Bottinelli Email: send email Telefono: +41 91 9616440 Fax: +41 91 9616991	CH (MUZZANO)	participant	121˙675.00
6	KopooS Consulting Ind.  Organization address address: rue d'Amsterdam 57 city: Paris postcode: 75008 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christophe Cognome: Koppel Email: send email Telefono: 33950686620 Fax: 33955686620	FR (Paris)	participant	58˙860.74
7	SUNSHINE TECHNOLOGIES SP ZOO W ORGANIZACJI  Organization address address: UL. ZLOTY ROG 13 city: KRAKOW postcode: 30-095 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Piotr Cognome: Macias Email: send email Telefono: +48 519519027	PL (KRAKOW)	participant	31˙694.25

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The rapid emergence of new application domains and mission types has had a large impact on the evolution of spacecraft design. The current interest for micro-spacecrafts essentially proceeds from the wider availability of enabling technologies (micro/nano-fabrication), and from the desire to reduce development and launcher costs. Nanosatellites are also potentially useful as a mean to increase a mission's reliability by distributing a large payload over a fleet of small spacecrafts. However, the application range of micro-spacecraft is currently restricted by the lack of sufficiently compact, lightweight, high specific impulse micro-propulsion systems. The L-µPPT project will develop and assess the functionality of a novel PPT technology based on liquid propellant, expected to enable significant improvements over Teflon-based PPTs in terms of propellant utilization and impulse bit predictability through a tight control of the mass of propellant injected. By leveraging state-of-the-art MEMS technologies, the L-µPPT project will develop a compelling propulsion technology for microspacecrafts offering the scalability and robustness of conventional PPTs with performances in par with modern electric propulsion systems for large satellites. The L-µPPT project roadmap bases on a two-step implementation which comprehends the development of a first prototype, followed by the design of a fully functional prototype. Each prototype shall have an associated system specification phase, and subsequent design and development phases for each system subcomponents (thruster, injector, electronics, thrust balance and vacuum stand). Six partners (four SMEs, a industry and a research organization) from 4 Member States- Spain, Poland, Sweden and France, and Switzerland, with different roles in the project, will work together to advance in the development of PPT propulsion system.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Satellites the size of a shoe box show a lot of promise for near-term space missions. To enable picosatellites to perform missions currently only possible for much larger and more expensive spacecraft, an EU-funded project is developing an equally small thruster.