Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3)
Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3)
Mission Facts
- Launch date: 5 Dec 2018
- Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
- Mission type: ISS flight experiment
- Destination: ISS
- Quest Application: IMLI, insulating Flight Receiver Tank
- Primary mission objectives:
- Demonstrate in-space cryogenic propellant transfer
- Achieve Zero Boil Off of the cryopropellant
Summary
With the RRM3 spaceflight Integrated MLI (IMLI) reached TRL-9. Quest collaborated with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to design, analyze, and instrument an insulation solution for the Flight Receiver Tank. RRM3 was the first successful in-space cryogenic propellant transfer. Underscoring the predictability of IMLI, heat flux was modeled as 0.517W, actual measured was 0.515W.
