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Bipropellant Thruster

  • Purpose: Briz-M booster
  • Year of release: 2005
  • Flight qualification of the product: Letter "O", flight use
  • Brief history of flight qualification: By the beginning of 2019 the11D458M thrusters numbering 260 have provided successful service of the Briz-M booster.
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
Propellants, Fuel/OxidizerUDMH/NTO
Nominal Thrust392 N
Nominal Specific Impulse, Steady State2,989 m/s
Nominal Inlet Pressure1.47 MPa
Inlet Operating Pressure1.27…1.97 MPa
Total Firing Time, up to1,000 s
Cycle Life, Number of Starts-up, up to10,000
Nozzle Expansion Ratio100
Operating Voltage27 V
Mass, not over3 kg

Formation of multiple impulses for attitude control of spacecraft in response to control system triggering commands.

Design features:

  • High specific impulse;
  • A high temperature Niobium alloy nozzle with disilicide oxidation resistant coating;
  • Flow stabilizers provide constant fuel/oxidizer flow rates while inlet pressure changes within a wide operating range.