Altitude Testing

    Altitude Testing WSTF


    Six test stands at WSTF provide vacuum test capability:
    • Engine and engine systems up to 25,000 lbf (110 kN) thrust
    • Altitude greater than 100,000 ft (30,000 m) engine firing with steam ejectors up to 250,000 ft (76,000 m) using vacuum pumps without firing
    • Propellants: liquid hydrogen, gaseous and liquid oxygen, hydrocarbon, hydrazine, Aerozine-50, monomethylhydrazine (MMH), nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), gaseous and liquid methane
    • Solid motors
    • Helium pressurants
    • Nitrogen pressurants
    • Vertical or horizontal firing
    • Temperature-conditioned propellants and test article, 40 to 120 °F
      (4 to 49 °C)
    For additional information, contact David L. Baker at (575) 524-5605, or david.l.baker@nasa.gov.

Altitude Testing Details