SPOPS is the project cofounded by The National Centre for Research and Development. Its goal is to develop solid rocket motor for the purpose of being utilized as a booster for small launcher with capability to lift nanosatellites into LEO. Additional result apart from the motor itself will be creation of design and production capability in Polish research and industrial units. The potential to manufacture modern rocket motors entirely by Polish entities opens up the possibility of even more ambitious projects and independence from foreign suppliers. The scope of the project includes designing, manufacturing and testing rocket motors with a combustion chamber made of a composite material. Ultimately, about 115 kg of propellant will be placed in the combustion chamber, and thus it will be the largest structure of this type currently manufactured in Poland. The engine is designed to generate approx. 50 kN of thrust at 10 MPa pressure in the combustion chamber.
Project coordinator: Damian Kaniewski, MSc Eng.
Phone: (+ 48) 22 846 00 11 ext. 238
E-mail: damian.kaniewski@ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Project duration: 13.12.2016 – 12.06.2023
Funding institution: The National Centre for Research and Development
Programme name: Contest no. 8/2016 related to scientific research and studies for the purposes of national defense and security
Consortium: Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute Of Aviation, Mesko S.A.