Engines
Single-component propellant engines and complete propulsion systems
- engines for space platforms with thrust within the range of 1 – 500 N,
- rocket attitude control systems using hydrogen peroxide as a propellant,
- drives for deorbiting of the satellites,
- advanced catalytic deposits,
- innovative and high-performance ecological rocket fuels,
- fully ecological propulsion systems for small space platforms.
Main products under development:
- 1N hydrogen peroxide engine (ESA funding),
- POLON – an ecological propulsion system for small satellite platforms (financed by the National Center for Research and Development).
Two-component liquid propellant engines
- Development of engines for two-component propellant for use in satellites and for propelling the upper stages of carrier rockets,
- Sustainable, long-term propulsion systems for exploration missions, including controlled-thrust drives for the landers,
- Cost reduction thanks to the use of additive manufacturing technologies,
- Development of power systems with electric pumps/turbines powered by HTTP,
- Ability to design and test of the engines with a thrust of up to 100 kN as part of partnerships/national cooperation,
- Ignition systems for liquid rocket engines based on the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide and pyrogenic igniters based on environmentally friendly composite propellants.
Main products under development:
- Engine for two-component propellant with a thrust of 10-20 N for ecological propulsion systems (ESA financing),
- 450N Liquid Apogee Engine with exceptional performance, using green propellants (ESA funding),
- Ecological propulsion for the upper stages of carrier rockets (with the possibility of multiple firing, 5-8 kN thrust) (financed by the National Center for Research and Development)*,
- Eco-propellant engine with controlled thrust value for landers and reusable stages of the rocket (ESA funding).
* project financed by the National Center for Research and Development for state security and defense.
Hybrid rocket engines
- high-performance drive technology,
- energy efficiency thanks to the use of hydrogen peroxide with a concentration of +98%,
- experience in 3D printing of complex geometries of rocket fuel grains,
- patented fuel technology for use in hybrid engines.
Main products under development:
- hybrid rocket engine for ecological propellants with polyethylene fuel with a thrust of 4 kN, successfully used during suborbital missions, highly scalable technology.
Solid propellant rocket engines
- cost-effective rocket engines with a composite structure, tested in flight,
- high-performance rocket propellants (both composite and double base),
- solid propellant rocket motors for micro-launch-vehicles with high propellant mass ratios,
- development of small engines: for stages separation, position control, etc.,
- solid propellant gas generators, using low combustion temperature propellants that do not generate solid combustion products, which can be used to drive gas turbines.
Main products under development:
- solid propellant rocket engine for deorbitation, using high-performance propellant without the addition of aluminum (ESA funding in 4 subsequent projects) – the only European engine that meets the requirements of the “Clean Space” initiative of the European Space Agency and acceleration limits for spacecrafts,
- auxiliary engine for solid propellant with a thrust of 50 kN*,
- rocket engine for solid propellant with a thrust of 6 kN to support the launch,
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
* project financed by the National Center for Research and Development for state security and defense.