Aphelion Aerospace Rocket Engine Ignition Testing April 8, 2022

During the week of April 3, 2022, the team at Aphelion Aerospace conducted critical propulsion system testing activities. This work involved rocket engine ignition hotfire testing without the engine’s thrust chamber and nozzle installed. These tests help the team refine operating procedures in advance of full-scale engine hotfire testing at our propulsion testing partner Frontier Aerospace.
This test campaign will further prove Aphelion’s revolutionary environmentally- friendly propulsion technology and is an essential steppingstone on the development path of our low-cost dedicated nanosatellite launch system. The timing of flows of the fuel and oxidizer is a critical factor for safe and successful operation of rocket engines and this testing helps us refine the timing of ignition. Leaving off the thrust chamber and nozzle assembly eliminates the possibility of an anomaly destroying the hardware. Following the completion of this activity, we will attach those components and conduct hotfire testing of the complete engine assembly at flight-scale conditions.
Aphelion thanks its propulsion testing and oxidizer supply partner, Frontier Astronautics of Chugwater, Wyoming and is grateful for the use of Frontier’s testing facility. Our appreciation goes out to Frontier owner Tim Bendel and the support of Damon Printz. Testing activities were led by Aphelion Aerospace senior engineers Eduardo Corral and Juan Rodelo with management support of Aphelion Founder Matthew Travis and CEO Miguel Ayala.
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