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Kent City Mayor Dana Ralph
RPS was honored to host Kent Mayor Dana Ralph and Chief Economic Development Officer William Ellis at our Kent facility today, and share on progress in building our Centurion rocket engine for future small satellite launchers. We look forward to collaborating with the City of Kent to assist in fulfilling its vision for aerospace and…
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Hydrogen Afterburner Development Complete
A night-time test at our test facility of high-speed, hot hydrogen flowing in at around 1700 ft/sec (Mach 0.2) and 1500 degrees Fahrenheit to burn with liquid oxygen at extremely low combustion pressures. The test simulates after-burning of hydrogen exhaust from a future nuclear rocket engine – one of (88) hot-fire tests we have successfully…
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NSF SBIR Phase I – Centurion Rocket Engine Development
We are honored to have been awarded an SBIR Phase I by the National Science Foundation to boost the development of the first American high-performance, reliable, high thrust-to-weight and low maintenance liquid rocket engine of 1.5-metric-ton thrust for small 50-180 kg satellite launch vehicle to 700 km Low Earth Orbit, on low-cost liquid oxygen /…
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NASA SBIR Phase II – Hydrogen Afterburner Development
We are honored to have been selected by NASA for Phase II contract in support of NASA’s next generation nuclear rocket propulsion development and future inter-planetary transportation. This work continues the Phase I effort started in 2019. Rocket Propulsion Systems team is excited and looking forward to continued collaboration with NASA over the next two…
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NASA SBIR Phase I – Hydrogen Afterburner Development
Rocket Propulsion Systems is excited to have been awarded a NASA SBIR Phase I contract for the development of “Injector for LOX-GH Stable Combustion at Low Pressure and High Velocity” in “Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Test Technology” research and development topic area. Primary uses of this technology are: combustion of hot hydrogen-rich gas exhausted from…