Solid-propellant thruster with an integrated control means and system for controlling ageing of the thruster

Abstract

A solid-propellant thruster comprises a casing accommodating a solid-propellant charge, an axial channel being formed in the solid-propellant charge and enabling combustion of the solid-propellant charge. The casing carries a solid-propellant specimen arranged in the channel and a transducer arranged outside the casing and opposite the specimen so as to enable the emission of a vibratory impulse throughout the specimen and to transmit a response thereof.

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