India’s Astrophel builds cryo pump with sights on upgrade for space flight | Cryogenic Equipment Manufacturer News
India-based space technology company Astrophel Aerospace is developing a new cryogenic pump for its Astra C1 rocket – a launch vehicle designed to take small-scale satellites into space. Once developed, the technology will be made flight-ready by fitting it with a turbine, turning the cryogenic pump – which moves cryogenic liquid using an external power source – into a turbopump. In a turbopump, the turbine spins at thousands of revolutions per minute, driving huge amounts of liquid hydrogen or oxygen into the combustion chamber. Currently, the company powers its first- and second-stage rocket engines using cryogenic fuel delivered by a cryo-pump system that rotates at 25,000 revolutions per minute. The one-litre-bottle-sized pump can produce 100 to 150 horsepower – roughly the same as an average family car engine. … to continue reading this article and… Read More »India’s Astrophel builds cryo pump with sights on upgrade for space flight | Cryogenic Equipment Manufacturer News