Specifications• >3yearLEOmissiondesignlife• Scalablepowerconsumption
o 2Wactivestandbyo <5Wsurvivalheatero Aslittleas7Woperationalpower
• Highlevelcommandinterfaceo RS-422o Etherneto Otheroptionsavailable
• SWaP
Metric BaseThrusterMass 12.6kgWet(6.4kgDry)Size Ø381mmx191mmPower 7W–40W
TethersUnlimited,Inc.11711N.CreekPkwyS.,D113,[email protected]
HYDROS™-M
‘Green’High-PerformancePropulsionforMicroSats
CapabilitiesHYDROSisanovelhigh-TRLpropulsionarchitecturethatuses a hybrid electrical/chemical scheme to providesmallspacecraftwithbothhighthrust(≥1.5N)andhighIsp(≥310s)propulsion.HYDROSpropulsionsystemsen-ablesecondarypayloadstoperformmissionsrequiringorbitagilityandlarge∆Vswhilelaunchingwiththeulti-mate‘green’propellant:water.OnceonorbittheHY-DROSsystemsplitsthewaterpropellantusingelectricalpower to produce hydrogen and oxygen gaswhich isthencombustedinabipropellantthruster.• Sizedtofitwithinthekeep-inzonesof15”diameter
launchvehicleseparationring.• FlexiblesystemCONOPSallowsHYDROStoscaleper-
formancetomeetmissionimposedpowerlimits.
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PerformanceHYDROS-Mdelivershighperformancebipropellantpro-pulsioninbolt-onsystemwhichisreadilyadaptedtoanymicrosatellitebus.• Canbemountedwithinalaunchvehicleseparation
ringwiththeadditionofatruncated‘propulsionin-terface’cone.
• Providesthesameperformanceasa6.5mNcontin-uouslyoperatedthruster
• Storesover6Lofwaterinafreezetoleranttank• Provides~200m/sofΔVfora100kgSpacecraft
Metric ValueImpulseperThrustEvent >1.75NsIsp >310sAverageThrust >1.2NMinimumTimetoRefillPlenums 269sWaterCapacity 6.2kgTotalNumberofThrustEvents 10,300TotalImpulseDelivered >18,023Ns
HYDROS-Mprovides:highimpulse,highthrust,flexiblepropulsion,anddeliveres‘bolt-on’orbitagilityforMicroSats.HYDROS-Mispoweredbyasafe,storable,andnon-toxic‘green’propellant–water–whichiselectrolyzedonorbittodeliverhighperformancebipropellantpropulsion.
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Specifications• >3yearLEOmissiondesignlife• Flexiblemountingoptions
o Flangesfordeckmountingo Earsforrailmounting
• Scalablepowerconsumptiono 2Wactivestandbyo <5Wsurvivalheatero Aslittleas5Woperationalpower
• Highlevelcommandinterfaceo RS-422o Etherneto Otheroptionsavailable
• LowSWaPMetric 2U‘Saddlebag’
ConfigurationBaseThruster
Mass 2.6kgWet(1.87kgDry) 1.02kg(Dry)
Size ~2U(190x120x92mm) ~1U(92mm3)
Power 5W–25W
TethersUnlimited,Inc.11711N.CreekPkwyS.,D113,[email protected]
HYDROS™-C‘Green’High-PerformancePropulsionforSmallSatellites
CapabilitiesHYDROSisanovelhigh-TRLpropulsionarchitecturethatuses a hybrid electrical/chemical scheme to providesmallspacecraftwithbothhighthrust(≥1.5N)andhighIsp(≥310s)propulsion.HYDROSpropulsionsystemsen-ablesecondarypayloadstoperformmissionsrequiringorbitagilityandlarge∆Vswhilelaunchingwiththeulti-mate‘green’propellant:water.Onceonorbit,theHY-DROSsystemsplitsthewaterpropellantusingelectricalpower toproduce hydrogenandoxygengasand thencombuststhesegasesinabipropellantthruster.• Scalable tankage options are readily optimized to
meetmissionΔVrequirements.• FlexiblesystemCONOPSallowsHYDROStoscaleper-
formancetomeetmission-imposedpowerlimits.
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PerformanceHYDROS-Cdelivershighperformancebipropellantpro-pulsionina<1Uformfactor.• Providesthesameperformanceasa2.1mNcontin-
uouslyoperatedthrusterA 2U ‘Saddle Bag’ tank configuration has been devel-opedtobereadilyintegratedintoavarietyofCubeSatandSmallSatconfigurations.• 2xH2OTanksstore740gofwaterpropellant
o Freezetolerantdesign• Provides~200m/sofΔVfora6UCubeSatMetric ValueImpulseperThrustEvent >1.75NsIsp >310sAverageThrust >1.2NMinimumTimetoRefillPlenums 825s
In2U‘SaddleBag’ConfigurationWaterCapacity 0.74kgTotalNumberofThrustEvents 1,230TotalImpulseDelivered >2,151Ns
HYDROS-Cprovides:highimpulse,highthrust,flexiblepropulsion,andenablesorbitalagilityforCubeSatsandothersmallsatellites.HYDROS-Cutilizesasafe,storable,andnon-toxic‘green’propel-lant–water–whichiselectrolyzedonorbittodeliverhighperformancebipropellantpropulsion.
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FlightQualificationTargetedforQ22018!FlightUnitsAvailableQ32018!
Updated:2017-08-07001-200-002-A
