European Space Propulsion www.espdeltav.co.uk

Leading the Way to Electric Propulsion in Belfast

February 2014

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Overview

• Strategic New Entrant To European Space Industry

• Provide Aerojet Rocketdyne Heritage In-Space Propulsion Based in Belfast, UK

• Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.

• Manufactured by Europeans and Supported By A Lower Cost Supply Chain

• UK Registered

A Lower Cost, High Quality Propulsion Supplier

For The European Market

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European Space Propulsion A New European Propulsion Company

Products / Services

• N2H4 System Integration & Assembly

• Select N2H4 Thruster Manufacturing

• Electric Propulsion Thrusters/Systems

• Green Propulsion Development

• In-Space Chemical Propulsion Testing

• Satellite Fueling Services

Business Strategy

• Stepwise Implementation Systems, Select

Thrusters, Testing

• Selected Teammate/Site With Maximum

Capability Strategy

• Rigorous Training and Validation Program

European Space Propulsion Ltd. Formed In July 2012

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Site and Teammate Selection - UK Thales Air Defense Ltd. (TADL), Belfast

• Description

• Formerly Shorts Missile Systems

• 500 Employees, £80M Turnover

• Missile Manufacturing & Test

• Benefit To ESP

• Large Clean Room Assembly Areas

• State Of Art Machine Shop (35% Out Of House)

• N2H4 Use Both Storage & Test

• Available Skilled Workforce

• TADL Has Significant Experience in

Technology Transfer

Castlereagh, Belfast

(Manufacturing & Assembly)

Crossgar

(N2H4 Testing)

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ESP – TADL – Aerojet Rocketdyne – A Powerful Force in Space

Propulsion in Europe

ESP Controlled

Provided and

Operated by TADL (Subcontract)

ESP Controlled

Provided and

Operated by TADL (Subcontract)

European Space Propulsion Site /

Facility Usage

Crossgar

30

m

30

m

Production Area

N2H4 Test Facility

ESP Headquarters

(Castelreagh)

Northern Ireland

Belfast

Castlereagh

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EO-1 System ARCM System Atlas II Roll Control Module

Flight Proven Propulsion Products

• Monopropellant Thrusters

• Licensed MR-103 Engine and 4 –N MR-111 Engine

• Fully Integrated Monopropellant Propulsion Systems

• Leverages Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Flight Heritage With

Designing and Fabricating > 230 Propulsion Systems

• Electric Propulsion

• Transfer heritage XR-5 and ESP development of Euro-4000

Hall Thruster

• Green Propellant

• Leveraging Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Work With AF-M315E which

Offers Lower Toxicity and Higher Density-Isp Performance

Than Hydrazine

Hall Thruster

MR-111

MR-103

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Electric Propulsion

• Aerojet Rocketdyne has been developing and delivering Electric

Propulsion thrusters and systems since 1984

• Industry Leader in Electric Propulsion Systems

• Full spectrum of EP technologies: Electrothermal, Arcjet,

Electromagnetic, Hall Effect and Gridded Ion

• All capabilities and facilities for design, analysis, manufacture

and test of complete EP systems

• 8 flight qualified power processor designs

• Over 150 shipsets with 500 thrusters flown

Aerojet Rocketdyne is committed to providing electric

propulsion solutions across the range of applications

AEHF Star-2 Intelsat 23 Kizuna A2100™ ACeS ARGOS

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Electrothermal

Hydrazine Thruster

Hydrazine Arcjets

and Power Processing Unit

High Power Ammonia

Arcjet and Feed System

Pulsed Plasma Thruster Hall Thruster Firing Xenon Ion Engine

2011-H-4231

Approved for Public Release and Export

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AR Electric Propulsion Heritage

Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered over 500 electric propulsion devices.

2010 – Highest Power, Highest

Efficiency Hall System Ever

Flown

Advanced EHF

Aerojet Electric Propulsion Heritage

1983 – First Flight of Electrothermal Hydrazine

Thruster (EHT)

RCA Astro

1991 – First Flight of Improved

Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster

(IMPEHT)

Flying on 131 satellites

1993 – First Flight of Hydrazine

Arcjet System

Telstar 4

1998 – First Flight of Hall

Thruster System on Western

Spacecraft

STEX

1999 – Highest Power EP

Device Flown

30 kW Ammonia Arcjet System

ARGOS/ESEX

2002 – First All Propulsive ACS –

Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT)

System

Earth Observing - 1 1996 – First Flight of 2 kW Hydrazine

Arcjet System

Flying on 41 satellites

Aerojet has been a leader in

the implementation of

Electric Propulsion

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2013 – Three AEHF SVs Now

Delivered to GEO

Advanced EHF

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Aerojet Hall Effect Propulsion

• XR-5 Hall Thruster Propulsion System

• One thruster per PPU in each string

• 5 kW total input power per thruster at 70 V

• 280 mN per thruster at 1815 sec, Xenon

• 3 shipsets flown; 3 more on contract

• XR-12 and XR-20 High Power Hall Thrusters

• One thruster per PPU in each string

• Thruster input power:12 kW (XR-12), up to 20 kW (XR-20)

• 780 mN per thruster at 2300 sec, Xenon (XR-12)

• XR-12 developed for TSAT, XR-20 in development for AFRL

BPT-4000 Hall Thruster

Propulsion System

XR-12 Thruster, Cathode and

Power Processing Unit

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XR-5 Hall System

• Multi-mode 4.5 kW class Hall thruster system designed

for military and commercial GEO satellite applications

• Single string architecture

• Baseline system qualification testing completed in

2005

• First flight on Advanced EHF satellite launched August

2010

• Full GTO to GEO orbit transfer completed October,

2011 on AEHF SV1 with BPT-4000 system

• SV2 and SV3 flown with ~50% GTO-GEO EPOR

• 12 thruster strings flown; 12 currently in production

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XR-5 Hall Thruster

2012-H-4248 13

2 kW 3 kW 4.5 kW

Thrust (300 Volts) 133mN 190mN 277mN

Thrust(400 Volts) 117mN 173mN 256mN

Specific Impulse (300 V) 1606s 1727s 1838s

Specific Impulse (400 V) 1770 s 1905 s 2050s

Multi Mode Operation:

• High Thrust: 300V at 4.5 kW • High Isp: 400V at 3 or 4.5 kW

Cathode based on NASA’s ISS plasma contactor

Demonstrated Thruster Life Capability >10,000 hours and >7000

cycles

XR-5 Key Discriminators

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Key Discriminating Advantage Benefit to Users

Only Flight Proven 5kW Hall Thruster Lowest technical and schedule risk

Highest Performance Hall Thruster Shortest orbit raising duration and

lowest propellant mass, providing

highest financial return

Longest demonstrated life of any Hall

Thruster

Enables full GTO-GEO EPOR; and

potentially full LEO-GEO EPOR

All system integration issues resolved

and validated

Lowest technical risk

Broadest operating range of any Hall

Thruster

Enables broad mission application and

mission flexibility

Enhanced affordability Improved financial return

Euro-4000 Overview

• ESP proposes to provide for sales in the EU, a European version of the Aerojet Rocketdyne XR-5 (BPT-4000) Hall Thruster and XFC

• New ESP thruster will be designated the Euro-4000

• Intent of this new Euro-4000 is to:

• Retain heritage design/processes for elements that are critical to flight/qualification heritage

• Incorporate European market required design features and European suppliers for elements that do not impact qual life

• Drive lowest cost solution

ESP Plans to Introduce Euro-4000 Hall Thruster to EU Market

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Euro-4000 Description

• Euro-4000 Thruster

• Heritage XR-5 Thruster Modified for European Market

• Maintain critical qual/flight heritage elements

• Incorporate new European designs and suppliers

• Validate with delta-qual (all qual tests, except abbreviated life test)

• Euro-4000 XFC

• All new XFC Modified For European Market

• Incorporate European designs and suppliers

• Validate thru full qualification test program

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Heritage XR-5 Thruster

Heritage XR-5 XFC

Long Term EP Roadmap

• Immediate Offering:

• Flight Heritage XR-5 Thruster and XFC

• Within Next 2 Years:

• Euro-4000 Thruster and XFC

• Within Next 5 Years:

• Euro-4000HV (high-voltage) Thruster and XFC

• High-Isp Euro-4000 thruster coupled with externally developed high-voltage PPU

• Within 6-10 Years:

• Fully European Developed Next Generation Hall Thruster

• Targeting 10kW-class thruster

• Targeting Expanded Operating Range:

• High-Isp capability up to 3,000-sec

• High-Thrust capability up to 90mN/kW

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Summary

• European Space Propulsion is a New Entrant to the European

Market Based in Belfast, UK Offering a Variety of Technologies

• Monopropellant Thrusters & Systems

• Green Propellants

• Electric Propulsion

• Aerojet Rocketdyne has a Long Heritage of Developing,

Qualifying and Flying Innovative Electric Propulsion Products

• XR-5 is the Only Flight Proven 5kW Hall Thruster

• European Space Propulsion has developed a Transition and

Manufacturing Plan for the Euro-4000

• Draws heavily from the flight proven XR-5 (BPT-4000)

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