The Development Results of the Long Life 1N Hydrazine Monopropellant Thruster

• Published in: The Journal of Space Technology and Science Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 1_37 - 1_47
• Main Authors: FUJII, Go, GOTO, Daisuke, KAGAWA, Hideshi, MURAYAMA, Shingo, KAJIWARA, Kenichi, IKEDA, Hirohide, SHINOZAKI, Noboru, NAGAO, Toru, MORITA, Naoki, YABUHARA, Eiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Rocket Society 2013
• Subjects: Hydrazine thruster

In 1980, the first generation Japanese 1N thruster was developed by JAXA (NASDA at the time) and IHI Aerospace (IHI at the time), the design of which was based on the US TRW 1970s design. More than 180 thrusters have been loaded on the NASDA–JAXA satellites for over 25 years. But the satellite mass...