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AETHER SIGNED

Air-breathing Electric THrustER

Total Cost €

EC-Contrib. €

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AETHER project word cloud

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considerations proper scenarios trl4 ram propellant space successfully layers stage aether diagnostics first paradigm components device vleo demonstrating world endeavours sufficient flight ep sitael total net board innovative tested mass potentially spectrum portfolio thruster careful vast missions mission electric experimentally air completion tools shifting planetary optimization upper leo atmosphere engine successful representative environment thrust propulsion limiting breathing materials

Project "AETHER" data sheet

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Coordinator	SITAEL SPA Organization address address: VIA S SABINO 21 city: MOLA DI BARI postcode: 70042 website: www.sitael.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Italy [IT]
Total cost	1˙999˙998 €
EC max contribution	1˙999˙998 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.2.1.6.1. (Enabling European competitiveness, non-dependence and innovation of the European space sector) 2. H2020-EU.2.1.6.2. (Enabling advances in space technology)
Code Call	H2020-SPACE-2019
Funding Scheme	RIA
Starting year	2019
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2019-12-01 to 2022-05-31

Partnership

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	SITAEL SPA SITAEL SPA Organization address address: VIA S SABINO 21 city: MOLA DI BARI postcode: 70042 website: www.sitael.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	IT (MOLA DI BARI)	coordinator	879˙062.00
2	INSTITUT VON KARMAN DE DYNAMIQUE DES FLUIDES INSTITUT VON KARMAN DE DYNAMIQUE DES FLUIDES Organization address address: CHAUSSEE DE WATERLOO 72 city: RHODE SAINT GENESE postcode: 1640 website: www.vki.ac.be contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	BE (RHODE SAINT GENESE)	participant	400˙000.00
3	TransMIT Gesellschaft fuer Technologietransfer mbH TransMIT Gesellschaft fuer Technologietransfer mbH Organization address address: Kerkrader Strasse 3 city: GIESSEN postcode: 35394 website: www.transmit.de contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (GIESSEN)	participant	400˙000.00
4	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Organization address address: Stag Hill city: GUILDFORD postcode: GU2 7XH website: www.surrey.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (GUILDFORD)	participant	134˙936.00
5	RHP TECHNOLOGY GMBH RHP TECHNOLOGY GMBH Organization address address: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM SEIBERSDORF GEBAUDE CA city: SEIBERSDORF AN DER LEITHA postcode: 2444 website: www.rhp-technology.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	AT (SEIBERSDORF AN DER LEITHA)	participant	80˙000.00
6	Astos Solutions GmbH Astos Solutions GmbH Organization address address: MEITNESTR. 8 city: Stuttgart postcode: 70563 website: www.astos.de contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (Stuttgart)	participant	66˙000.00
7	DATA EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTICS ALGORITHMAS OF SYSTEMS EPE DATA EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTICS ALGORITHMAS OF SYSTEMS EPE Organization address address: VASS OLGAS 128 city: THESSALONIKI postcode: 54645 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	EL (THESSALONIKI)	participant	40˙000.00

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Project objective

The limiting factor for the duration of space endeavours is often related to the total mass of propellant available on board. If a new propulsion device was capable of using the upper layers of the atmosphere as propellant, this would enable a vast spectrum of new planetary mission scenarios.

In recent years SITAEL has produced the world’s first example of such a device, the “RAM-EP” engine. This innovative electric propulsion (EP) thruster was successfully tested in an environment representative of VLEO, achieving TRL4.

The AETHER project will advance the thruster design towards a more flight representative stage, experimentally demonstrating sufficient and reliable net thrust production for the target applications. This will be achieved through the design optimization of the various thruster components, careful selection of materials and proper diagnostics tools, together with system-level design considerations.

Successful completion of the AETHER project will advance the electric propulsion portfolio of Europe with the world-first EP air-breathing engine, potentially shifting the paradigm of VLEO, LEO and planetary missions.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2020	Konstantinos Katsonis, Chloe Berenguer, Giovanni Cesaretti ISRU Technology Propulsion for Missions in the Solar System published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:	AEC2020_523	2020-04-01
2020	Chloe Berenguer, Konstantinos Katsonis, Jose Gonzalez del Amo CO2 Based ISRU Propulsion for Satellites and Spacecrafts in the Vicinity of Mars published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:	AEC2020_525	2020-04-01

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