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Innovation Test Facility P3

The Innovation Test Facility P3 at DLR Lampoldshausen, established in the 1960s, is dedicated to testing advanced engine technologies for space applications, including the development of the Ariane 6 rocket engines. The facility supports various tests for new engine components and configurations, with ongoing projects involving the ETID engine model and collaboration with the European Space Agency and ArianeGroup. Key features include multiple storage and drive tanks for different propellants, enabling comprehensive testing under realistic conditions.

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Innovation Test Facility P3

The Innovation Test Facility P3 at DLR Lampoldshausen, established in the 1960s, is dedicated to testing advanced engine technologies for space applications, including the development of the Ariane 6 rocket engines. The facility supports various tests for new engine components and configurations, with ongoing projects involving the ETID engine model and collaboration with the European Space Agency and ArianeGroup. Key features include multiple storage and drive tanks for different propellants, enabling comprehensive testing under realistic conditions.

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Innovation Test Facility P3
DLR site Lampoldshausen

brief description
In June 1964, work began on the second stage of expansion of the test
site, with the construction of the P3 test facility for testing ELDO engi-
nes. The P3 and P4 test facility complexes were built in Lampoldshausen
between 1964 and 1966 and represent the most modern altitude test
stands, which are still regularly maintained today.

goals
Testing of demonstrator engines for new technologies, for example: com-
bustion chambers, fuel combinations, nozzles, ignition processes, valve involved
developments and other engine components.
European Space Agency ESA,
ArianeGroup

applications perspectives facts and figures


- Technology development of - Further development of neces- Storage tank LH2: 50 m³
the engine model ETID for the sary technologies for the fuel Storage tank LOX: 30 m³
the heavy lift rockets of the combination methane and liquid Drive tank LH2: 12 m³, 400 bar
next generation, such as the oxygen Drive tank LOX: 4.5 m³, 350 bar
Ariane 6 - Integral part of the develop- Pressure LH2: 30 m³, 800 bar
- Combustion chambers tested: ment of engines within the
Pressure LOX: 21 m³, 800 bar
HM60 (Vulcain), Vinci (capaciti- framework of the European
Water tanks: 52 m³, 28 bar
ve and regenerative), Romeo, Ariane program
ETID Pressure Water: 6 m³, 800 bar
Nitrogen: 16 m³, 320 bar
Hydrogen: 4 m³, 320 bar

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Innovation Test Facility P3
DLR site Lampoldshausen

Further development of the Ariane 6 engines

The Ariane 6 upper stage will be powered by the Vinci engine, which was qualified in 2018. Work is already on
going to further develop the engine: the new engine model ETID (Expander-Cycle Technology Integrated De-
monstrator) completed its first burn tests in June 2018 at the P3 test facility. Experts from the European Space
Agency ESA, the aerospace company ArianeGroup and DLR are working together on this project. The cam-
paign involves a total of 20 tests, each with a burn duration of 120 seconds. The engineers are testing three
different configurations. These differ, for example, in the manufacturing processes for the thrust chamber,
ignition system, nozzles and valves. The P3.2 test facility is designed to test and optimize combustion chamber
types for current and future space engines under realistic conditions (rocket upper stages in vacuum and rocket
main stages under ground conditions).

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

@DLRen
(German Aerospace Center, DLR)
Christopher Gusinde · email: [email protected] · DLR.de/EN/ra

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