[Press Release] Unastella receives technology transfer of the 'electric pump for small rocket engines' from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

[Notice] UNASTELLA Receives an ‘Electric Pump for a Small Rocket Engine’ Technology from Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

ㅇ UNASTELLA receives the core design technology and know-how for an ‘electric pump for a small rocket engine’ from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. With this technology transfer, UNASTELLA will be able to accelerate its production of the 50kN thrust engines currently under development. ㅇ UNASTELLA signed a technology transfer agreement for an ‘electric pump for a small rocket engine’ technology with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute on the 19th of this month. With this agreement, UNASTELLA will be granted a non-exclusive license for two patents related to the electric motor pump engine from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute for the next 10 years and will also receive core design technology and know-how. ㅇ In the electric motor pump rocket engine cycle, the pump, which is responsible for boosting and supplying propellants such as fuel and oxidizer, is driven by an electric motor. It is relatively easier to control compared to a turbopump rocket engine cycle, and engine restart and thrust control are also easier. In particular, as the rocket developed based on the electric motor pump rocket engine cycle has recently succeeded in launching in the shortest time ever, this rocket engine system is receiving much attention as an innovative rocket technology.

ㅇ The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Turbopump Team, which is in charge of technology transfer, has contributed to the successful launch of Nuri (KSLV-II) by developing a turbopump for the 7-ton/75-ton gas-generator-cycle engine, a key component of Nuri (KSLV-II). Based on the technological skills accumulated from this work, the Institute has also achieved a high level of progress in the development of electric motor pumps and has recently completed the cryogenic environment test of a 3-ton methane electric pump.

ㅇ UNASTELLA is currently manufacturing and testing combustors for the development of 50kN-thrust engines and will accelerate the development of an integrated engine system once the electric motor pump technology transfer from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute is completed. (End)