{"id":6229,"date":"2024-12-16T20:38:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/trending-spacecraft-valves-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:38:17","slug":"trending-spacecraft-valves-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/trending-spacecraft-valves-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Trending Spacecraft Valves in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spacecraft valves are mechanical devices used to control the flow of fluids or gases within a spacecraft’s systems. They play a crucial role in managing propulsion, thermal regulation, life support, and other critical subsystems. By opening, closing, or regulating flow, these valves ensure precise operation of engines, fuel delivery, and pressure control in space environments. In this article, SATNow has listed some interesting Spacecraft Valves that were trending on the website.<\/p>\n

Visit SATNow to keep up to date with new Spacecraft Valve products, news, whitepapers, webinars, and events.<\/p>\n

Pyrotechnic Valve for Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pyrotechnical Valve from the <\/span>Orbital Propulsion Centre<\/span> <\/span>is a Spacecraft Valve with a qualified operating pressure of 310 bar and a proof pressure of 465 bar. It has a burst pressure of 775-1240 bar and this pyrovalve features an all-welded titanium design and is provided with redundant ESA standard initiators. The valve has a mass of less than 0.160 kg and is designed for spacecraft and launch vehicle propulsion systems where a ‘one shot’ device is needed for the permanent opening or closing of a fluid circuit.<\/span> Read more.<\/p>\n

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Latch Solenoid Spacecraft Valve for Propulsion Systems<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The V27700-185-W from Valcor Engineering Corporation is a Spacecraft Valve with an operating pressure of 935 psi. This bi-stable solenoid valve has a flow rate of 0.280 ESEO and is compatible with fluids such as H2O2, GN2 \/MMH, MON-3, GHe, and GN2. It has a short pulse duration of less than 100 ms and features a pilot operation that allows for higher flows and pressures. <\/span> The valve is constructed using 316\/Titanium and has a mass of 1.54 kg. It has applications in propellant and pressurant isolation in spacecraft and launch vehicle propulsion systems. Read more.<\/p>\n

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Spacecraft Propulsion System Coupling for Standard Fluids<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fill and Drain Valve from Nammo AS is a Spacecraft Valve with a maximum operating pressure of 328 bar. It has a flow rate of less than 0.05 mbar with 5.5 mg\/s GXe at 20\u00b0C and is compatible with GXe, GN2, GHe, NTO, MMH, and N2H4 operating media. This valve has a hardware mass of less than 50 g and an envelope length of 78.5mm including a stub tube. This high-pressure flow control valve is TRL9 qualified and has flown different platforms such as SpaceBus 4000, AlphaSat, and Vega Upper Stage AVUM. Read more.<\/p>\n

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Positive Isolation Valve for Space Applications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 13097000 from VACCO Industries is a Spacecraft Valve that has an inlet\/outlet pressure range of 345 bar and a flow capacity of 0.128-inch ESEOD. This normally closed isolation valve has a proof pressure of 517 bar and a burst pressure of 862 bar. It has an internal leakage rate of less than 1 X 10-6 sccs GHe.<\/span> It features an all-welded titanium construction and a robust actuation mechanism that eliminates pyrotechnic charges. The valve has a mass of 227 gms and a 1\/4-inch or 3\/8-inch inlet\/outlet tube. Read more.<\/p>\n

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ITAR-free Flight-Proven Spacecraft Valve<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The BLV from Omnidea-RTG is a Spacecraft Valve with a maximum operating pressure of 26 bar with an internal leakage rate (He) of 1 x 10-4 scc\/s and an external leakage rate (He) of 10 x 10-6 scc\/s. This motor-driven valve has a fluid flow rate of 30 gallons\/sec at 0.1 bar and more than 180 gallons\/sec at 2 bar. This ITAR-free flight-proven valve is available in Ti6Al4V and stainless-steel material. It has a mass of 0.842 g and the enclosure measures 133 x 50 x 220 mm with 2 m cable connectors for motor and sensors. Read more.<\/p>\n

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Spacecraft Valve for SmallSat and CubeSat Propulsion Systems<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The IEPA1211241H from The Lee Company is a Spacecraft Valve that has response times as fast as 500 \u03bcs and operates at speeds up to 500 Hz. It is designed for pressures up to 800 psig and temperatures up to 275\u00b0F. The valve has an internal volume of 62 \u00b5L and 1 cc internal leakage at rated pressure. This valve\u2019s combination of size and performance is ideal for applications in SmallSat and CubeSat propulsion, either as a thruster or for fuel metering in gas feed systems. Read more.<\/p>\n

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Single Stage Spacecraft Valve for Flow Remote Control<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The PT 200-00-02-03 from GLAVKOSMOS is a Spacecraft Valve with a water flow rate of 22 gallons\/min and a hydraulic resistance of 0.147 MPa.This Teflon-sealed flight-proven solenoid valve requires a DC supply of 21-34 V. It has a mass of 0.18 Kg and has an internal diameter of 1.8 mm. <\/span>This spacecraft valve is ideal for flow remote control of liquid and gaseous working media including NTO, UDMH, kerosene, water, alcohol, freon, air, nitrogen, helium, and argon. Read more.<\/p>\n

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4000 psi Space Qualified Latching Valve<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Torque Motor Latch Valve (TMLV) from Moog is a Spacecraft Valve with a qualified operating pressure of 276 bar and a proof pressure of 689 bar. It has a burst pressure of 414 bar and a mechanical response time of 50 ms. This valve requires an actuation voltage of 120 V and has more than 1000 life cycles. It has a mass of 1.13 Kg and measures 7.298 x 2.54 x 3.899 inches. The torque motor latch valve has attained TRL 9 qualification and is flight-qualified on the Orion crew module. Read more.<\/p>\n

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Note: <\/span>This list has been compiled based on user activity on SATNow. To ensure that we cover the whole range of Spacecraft Valves we limited the number of products from each category and company. The listed products are shown in random order and are grouped by category.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spacecraft valves are mechanical devices used to control the flow of fluids or gases within a spacecraft’s systems. They play a crucial role in managing propulsion, thermal regulation, life support, and other critical subsystems. By opening, closing, or regulating flow, these valves ensure precise operation of engines, fuel delivery, and pressure control in space environments. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,49,112],"class_list":["post-6229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-propulsion-systems","tag-spacecraft-valves"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}