Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, successfully completed the first series of vibration and altitude hot fire tests on the next-generation U.S. spaceship rocket engine. In the test, Aerojet checked the Orion crew module 160-pound-thrust mono-propellant rocket engine. The objective of the test program was to verify engine performance after the thruster was subjected to Orion vibration loads which produced energy levels that were two times higher than those previously qualified. The post-vibration altitude hot fire test sequences mapped the thruster…
Aerojet Finishes Test On Orion Spacecraft Rocket
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