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Development of a solid rocket motor utilizing an ammonium nitrate based propellant

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posted on 2020-07-14, 11:01 authored by Xavier López Pérez, Víctor Ubieto Marsol
This project aims to design and build a fully functional solid
rocket motor using an aluminum and ammonium nitrate-based
propellant. The purpose of this motor is to power the flight of a
stratospheric sounding rocket – Bondar –, developed for peaceful
applications by the Cosmic Research Association. The design of
the new motor begins by examining previous research performed
by amateur rocketry experts like H. Olthof [1], R. Nakka [2], and
D. Clouder [2]. To mitigate the legal and safety risks associated
with the tenancy and handling of the substances needed for the
motor, the project is declared as a university experiment and
supervised by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Cosmic
Research has also reached an agreement with Lleida-Alguaire
Airport, where static tests take place. The design of a fully
functional motor is expected to be completed before Autumn of
2019.

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Citation

Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities, 2019, pp. 228-229

Source

3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities, September 16-18, 2019, Leicester, United Kingdom

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Published in

Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities

Pagination

228-229

Publisher

University of Leicester

isbn

978-1-912989-09-6

Copyright date

2020

Available date

2020-04-15

Notes

Symposium organised by: University of Leicester, UK Students for the Exploration & Development of Space, National Space Academy, ESA Education Office

Editors

Nigel Bannister, Áine O’Brien, Alexander Kinnaird

Spatial coverage

University of Leicester, UK

Temporal coverage: start date

2019-09-16

Temporal coverage: end date

2019-09-18

Language

en

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