The Steamjet system will be tested in the David Fearn Electric Propulsion Laboratory and Thermal Vacuum Test Facility at the University of Southampton, in the environmental vibration test facility and will be scanned using its µ-VIS High Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) facility.ĭr Charlie Ryan, Lecturer in Astronautics at the University of Southampton said, “With space-enabled capabilities including simulations, vacuum chambers and thermal chambers, we offer comprehensive facilities and expertise in resistojet and electric propulsion systems. “To qualify our technology, we needed a series of tests to prove effective operations in space conditions and the University of Southampton, with its expertise in electric propulsion, has everything that we need to qualify the system. In addition, the installation of the propulsion system outside of the nanosatellite leaves more space inside. “Our water-based propulsion system converts water to steam to produce an extremely safe and affordable system. Companies and governments are now looking at them for commercial and scientific missions, however the absence of propulsion capabilities is limiting their range of applications. Marco Pavan, managing director of Steamjet Space Systems said, “CubeSats were initially used in a disposable way with no propulsion, mainly for technology demonstration missions. The propulsion system has a tuna-can shape that enables its installation on the outside of a CubeSat, providing more space for its payload or other subsystems within the satellite.
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