EXQUADRUM INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: Z8
EXQUADRUM INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,993
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- Z8
- Solicitation
- SBIR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15
Description
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Exquadrum proposes to develop and demonstrate a highly-controllable, microsatellite scale Hybrid Orbital Propulsion System (HOPS) utilizing nitrous oxide oxidizer and an Exquadrum proprietary solid fuel formulation. The proposed system is high-thrust, readily scales between CubeSat sizes from 3U to 27U, and is capable of achieving impulse densities up to 1,300 Ns/U. The hybrid thruster powering the system is electrically ignited and capable of numerous restarts, with the number of thrust pulses limited only by the propellant supply. During the proposed Phase I project, Exquadrum will create a preliminary design of the propulsion system and conduct a hot-fire demonstration of a heavyweight thruster prototype. </p>