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4.4.8 Propulsion<br />

HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 362 of 422<br />

4.4.8.1 Requirements and design drivers<br />

According to mission analysis the total DV required for the deorbiting manoeuvre is estimated to<br />

be 98 m/s.<br />

Thrust required for this manoeuvre is assumed of 20 kN. This value has been selected by<br />

similarity on the basis of the thrust to mass ratio of the Soyuz module.<br />

4.4.8.2 Assumptions and trade-offs<br />

Module dry mass is estimated 45 tonnes<br />

Only Storable bi-propellant are considered.<br />

4.4.8.3 Baseline design<br />

Four YUZHNOYE RD 869 pump-fed thruster have been chosen as propulsion system for this<br />

module. The thruster is under development for 4 th stage of the European VEGA Launcher. The<br />

propulsion system presents the following characteristics.<br />

4.4.8.4 Budgets<br />

Characteristic Value<br />

Number of thruster 4<br />

Thrust 5 kN (pump- fed)<br />

Isp 325 sec<br />

exit diameter 325 mm<br />

length 600 mm<br />

thruster mass 34 kg<br />

propellant UDMH/NTO<br />

O/F ratio 2.1<br />

number of tanks 2+2<br />

Tanks material Ti<br />

max MEOP 7 bar<br />

Mass of UDMH tank 3 kg (each)<br />

Mass of NTO tank 2.5 kg (each)<br />

Table 4-46: De-orbit propulsion system summary<br />

Propellant mass 1463 kg<br />

Propulsion Dry mass (including margins) 253 kg<br />

This mass includes an estimation of thrusters mass, the tanks, and a roughly estimation of<br />

feedlines, valves and regulators, propulsion thermal control, avionics, actuators and does not<br />

consider the structure of the propulsion system, power and communication.

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