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PET-100. Advance manufacturing processes development for mass production of electrospray thrusters for CubeSat constellations

PET-100。

基本信息

批准号：
73055
负责人：
金额：
$ 92.6万
依托单位：
AVS ADDED VALUE SOLUTIONS UK, LTD
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
CR&D Bilateral
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=73055
关键词：
PET 100.Advance manufacturing processes

项目摘要

Advanced manufacturing processes are critical to the fabrication of key components in the space propulsion sector. Over the next decade, constellations of CubeSat-sized spacecraft will demand propulsion solutions that are highly efficient while being compact enough to fit within tight volume, mass, and power restrictions. This project aims to develop space qualified manufacturing and integration processes such as ceramic sintering or electronics encapsulation to enable the mass fabrication of propulsion components to demanding requirements. The porous electrospray thruster (PET) is one of the few electric propulsion systems suitable for attitude control and orbital changes of CubeSats, but requires significant manufacturing development inputs to be ready for flight.Rapid commercial exploitation is necessary to capture the CubeSat demand for 300-500 units by the year 2023-24\. Currently at TRL4/5, PET-100 has demonstrated high efficiency (62%), over double that of some of its key competitors. To be flight-ready however, the production techniques of critical components have to allow the required high-volume production using space qualified processes. We will define the manufacturing processes needed and will finalise component design. The components will then be produced and validated through a set of KPIs. We will achieve TRL 6/7 and subsequent commercial exploitation with input from our end-users and CubeSat primes. Furthermore, a spin off company will be established to develop the technology and the collaboration resulting from this project.

先进的制造工艺对空间推进领域关键部件的制造至关重要。在接下来的十年里，立方体卫星大小的航天器星座将需要高效的推进解决方案，同时足够紧凑，以适应严格的体积、质量和功率限制。该项目旨在开发空间合格的制造和集成工艺，如陶瓷烧结或电子封装，以实现推进部件的大规模制造，以满足苛刻的要求。多孔电喷雾推进器（PET）是为数不多的适合立方体卫星姿态控制和轨道变化的电力推进系统之一，但需要大量的制造开发投入才能为飞行做好准备。为了在2023- 2024年之前满足300-500颗立方体卫星的需求，快速的商业开发是必要的。目前在TRL4/5， PET-100已经显示出高效率（62%），是一些主要竞争对手的两倍多。然而，为了为飞行做好准备，关键部件的生产技术必须允许使用符合空间要求的工艺进行所需的大批量生产。我们将定义所需的制造工艺，并最终确定组件设计。然后将通过一组kpi生成并验证组件。我们将在最终用户和CubeSat prime的投入下实现TRL 6/7和随后的商业开发。此外，将成立一家分拆公司来开发该项目带来的技术和合作。