PARABILIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S4
PARABILIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,985
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S4
- Solicitation
- SBIR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15
Description
<p>Parabilis Space Technologies is pleased to propose the development of a Liquid Injection Thrust Vector Control (LITVC) system integrated into a regeneratively cooled, additively manufactured nozzle in response to solicitation S4.03, Spacecraft Technology for Sample Return Missions. The use of additive manufacturing and regenerative cooling prevents nozzle erosion near the injection ports, enables optimization of the nozzle surface for global system efficiency, and allows incorporation of high efficiency side force throttling techniques. </p><p>The proposed innovation addresses the steering needs of sample return missions through the use of a high-performance LITVC system integrated into a regeneratively cooled, additively manufactured nozzle. The proposed system integrates extremely efficiently with Parabilis' aft-injection center exhaust (ACE) architecture. The system is particularly synergistic with JPL's hybrid rocket motor architecture proposed for Mars sample return, but it is beneficial for other missions as well. </p>