A New Approach for Single Stage Ascent to Orbit Silane Fuel in a New Vehicle Design 2005-01-3413
Spacecraft designs incorporating a propulsion system powered by a more efficient fuel would greatly reduce the oxidizer to payload ratio. This could be accomplished with a single-stage vehicle that uses air while in the atmosphere and switches to onboard oxidizer only after reaching the upper limit of the atmosphere. In this presentation, a revolutionary new vehicle is proposed that incorporates silane-based fuels into an air-breathing spacecraft design that achieves orbit via low ascent angles, where it then switches to onboard oxidizer. A ceramic and alloy propulsion system takes advantage of the properties of silane, utilizing both the oxygen and the 80% nitrogen of the atmosphere for combustion.
Citation: Padanyi-Gulyas, D. and Bodo, A., "A New Approach for Single Stage Ascent to Orbit Silane Fuel in a New Vehicle Design," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3413, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-3413. Download Citation
Author(s):
David Padanyi-Gulyas, Andras D. Bodo
Affiliated:
Nitronics Aerospace Technologies, LLC
Pages: 8
Event:
Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V114-1
Related Topics:
Fuel additives
Spacecraft
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Combustion and combustion processes
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