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Frontier Astronautics has been awarded a SBIR Phase II Matching Grant from the state of Wyoming. The support is greatly appreciated!
Frontier Astronautics wins a NASA Phase II Award to develop a hydrogen peroxide powered turbo pump for rocket engines: Read more about it here.

Frontier is consulting with Launcher https://twitter.com/launcherspace to help design the test stand for Launcher's first development engine - a 3d printed 500 lbf, LOX/Kerosene, regen cooling, pressure fed engine.

Testing of a hydrogen peroxide driven turbopump for the University of Colorado at Denver.

 

Although you cannot see the turbine spinning note the high pitch sound it makes.

Rocket system analysis and trajectory analysis using POST for a customer who does not wish to be disclosed under NDA.

Shown is a generic trajectory not associated with the customer:

Work with University of Alabama to commercialize a "green" propellant additive that would make kerosene hypergolic )ignite in contact with a fuel) so a rocket would not need an ignition system, thereby making it less expensive. http://ott.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/UAIPD-13-0017-Marketing-Slick-2016.pdf


University of San Jose Project: Spartan Spear

The University of San Jose tests their hydrogen peroxide rocket engine on Frontier Astronautics' instrumented test stand. Frontier also provided the propellant tanks, remote data acquisition equipment and hydrogen peroxide rocket propellant. Spartan Spear is a rocket that is designed to launch off of a F-104 fighter jet and attain high altitudes.

Special Aerospace Services Hydro-tests Experimental Rocket Hardware at Frontier

University of Colorado HySoR Test Fire

The Hysor(external link) team from the University of Colorado, Boulder performs Static Test Fire 5 of their NOX-HTPB hybrid engine at the Frontier test stand.

Stone Aerospace Successfully Tests Their ENDURANCE Autonomous Submarine

The robot sub successfully found its way back to a hole drilled into the ice in a lake in Antarctica by using visual guidance developed by Frontier. No GPS allowed. Stone Aerospace has a contract with NASA to develop an autonomous robot that NASA hopes to land on Europa, a moon of Jupiter, where liquid water is known to exist under a thick layer of ice. A landing mission to this moon would drill a hole through the ice and release the submarine to explore the distant ocean.

SpeedUp Conducts a Static Test of its Rocket

SpeedUp tests a new auto-igniting hybrid propellant combination. Rocket testing is inherently dangerous and this shows why it is a good idea to test in a facility with 2 1/2 feet of steel-reinforced concrete walls, minimum. Despite this incident, this rocket motor concept holds much promise and SpeedUp intends to further develop it in the future.

Visit SpeedUp and get more information(external link) SpeedUp conducts a static test of its full-scale hybrid rocket at the Frontier test stand.

Work begins on Frontier's Viper Engine Prototype

Work begins on the HTP-Kerosene prototype of the patented Viper™ engine design. This design promises to provide a monoprop-biprop hybrid with extreme throttleability.

University of Colorado HySoR Project Update

The Hysor team from the University of Colorado, Boulder performs Static Test Fire 4(external link) of their NOX-HTPB hybrid engine at the Frontier test stand.

Frontier Developing Visual Navigation System for Underwater Robots


Frontier starts work on development of a visual navigation system for underwater robotic vehicles for Zupt, LLC(external link).

University of Colorado HySoR Project

The University of Colorado HySoR Project tests their Nitrous Oxide / HTPB hybrid motor. The test went very well; 30 seconds of useful burn time (its design fire time) but an injector burn through just after 31 sec made life interesting after that. You can see the injector glowing right before it burns through.

Note: the ignitor fires a full ten seconds before the main valve is opened. This was done to make sure that the grain was burning prior to oxidizer flow. A few more tweaks and perhaps a Class III flight next semester!

Laramie Rose Rocket Vehicle at SEDS

The Laramie Rose rocket vehicle in Boulder, CO
Bob Steinke of Speedup (external link)will be displaying his Laramie Rose rocket vehicle at SEDS. Space Vision 2011(external link) in Boulder, CO.

SpeedUp Conducts More Tethered Flight Tests of Laramie Rose

SpeedUp conducts more tethered flight testing of the Laramie Rose. This series of tests used 90% hydrogen peroxide and a throttle map that made it easier for Bob to control the throttle.

Visit SpeedUp and get more information(external link)

SpeedUp Conducts Initial Tethered Flight Tests of Laramie Rose

SpeedUp conducts initial tether tests using on board flight code. The vehicle used 85% hydrogen peroxide and flew without its legs so as to get more flight time.

Visit SpeedUp and get more information(external link)

University of Colorado HySoR Project Setup

The University of Colorado HySoR Project sets up for their Nitrous Oxide / HTPB hybrid motor. While a couple of unexpected problems prevented firing, they will be back next semester.

Frontier Presents at Space Access 2011

Frontier Astronautics presents at the Space Access 2011. One of the companies intending to test in our facilities is Darma, their turbo pump fed, LOX/methane Chase-10 engine was displayed at Space Access Society.

Download Our 2011 Power Point Presentation.

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