05 January 2018
Gilmour Space completes successful test of hybrid rocket engine
... pack,” said Gilmour. “This is a critical subsystem of our main orbital engine, and it efficiently decomposed our Hydrogen Peroxide oxidiser at a core temperature well above the ignition temperature of our fuel.” The company has already completed...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... firings. At the time of writing, there have been 45 firings of hybrid rocket motors using either N2O or hydrogen peroxide oxidiser with HRF-1 fuel, as well as the testing of a highly metallised version (up to 40 percent of aluminium) dubbed HRF1...
