The NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate's (STMD) Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) is comprised of a cross-cutting team of domestic spacecraft propulsion and green technology experts. The GPIM program has technology infusion-team members from all three major market sectors: Industry, NASA, and the Department of Defense. This team is led and managed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (Ball), and includes Aerojet, Edwards Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), and NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC). STMD programmatic and technology oversight is provided by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The GPIM program shall fly an operational AF-M315E green propulsion subsystem on a Ball-built BCP-100 spacecraft.Acronyms ADCS = Attitude Determination and Control System AFRL = Air Force Research Laboratory AIT = Assembly, Integration, and Test C&DH = Command and Data Handling CCAFS = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station CDR = Critical Design Review Co-I = Co-Investigator DDESB = Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board DOT = Department of Transportation EM = Engineering Model 1 GPIM Principal Investigator, Mission Systems Engineering, 2 FHC = Final Hazard Classification FM = Flight Model GPIM = Green Propellant Infusion Mission JHC = Joint Hazard Classifier GRC = Glenn Research Center GSE = Ground Support Equipment ICCD = Intensified Charge-Coupled Device IMLI = Integrated Multi-Layer Insulation KSC = Kennedy Space Center MMSOC = Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center MOA = Memorandum of Agreement MSFC = Marshall Space Flight Center PI = Principal Investigator PIP = Payload Interface Plate PIU = Payload Interface Unit RCS = Reaction Control System SC = Spacecraft SCAPE = Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble SDTD = Space Development and Test Directorate SMC = Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center STMD = Space Technology Mission Directorate STP-2 = Space Test Program-2 SV = Space Vehicle TDM = Technology Demonstration Missions TRL = Technology Readiness Level
The NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate's (STMD) Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) is comprised of a cross-cutting team of domestic spacecraft propulsion and storable green propellant technology experts. This TDM is led by BallAerospace & Technologies Corp. (BATC), who will use their BCP-100 spacecraft to carry a propulsion payload consisting of one 22 N thruster for delta-V maneuvers and four 1 N thrusters for attitude control in a flight demonstration of the AF-M315E green propellant technology. The GPIM project has technology infusion-team members from all three major market sectors: Industry, NASA, and the Department of Defense (DoD). The GPIM project team includes BATC, includes Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR),
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