Thrust contract

Kaiser Marquardt has received a contract to supply Orbital Sciences with monopropellant thrusters for the OrbView 3 and 4 spacecraft. In the last two years, Kaiser Marquardt has more than doubled its annual deliveries of monopropellant and bipropellant engines and thrusters worldwide, the greatest increase being in the monopropellant production line of engines in the 0.2lbf to 140lbf thrust range. The company has opened an engine and thruster hydrogen peroxide test facility in Van Nuys, California.

Source: Flight International