IHI Aerospace MT-8A
MT-8A is an IHI Aerospace hydrazine monopropellant thruster identified in NASA’s small-spacecraft propulsion survey. NASA lists it as flight proven within IHI’s range of spacecraft chemical thrusters. Its operating principle is catalytic monopropellant propulsion. This record covers the named thruster product; no particular spacecraft installation or present manufacturing status is inferred.
Identity
- Aliases
- MT-8AIHI MT-8A
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- chemical-thruster
- Name
- IHI Aerospace MT-8A
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Description
- MT-8A is an IHI Aerospace hydrazine monopropellant thruster identified in NASA’s small-spacecraft propulsion survey. NASA lists it as flight proven within IHI’s range of spacecraft chemical thrusters. Its operating principle is catalytic monopropellant propulsion. This record covers the named thruster product; no particular spacecraft installation or present manufacturing status is inferred.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- hydrazine
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:03:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:03:50 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-10-17
- Note
- Agency survey supports the named product and stated application. Lifecycle is unknown because the survey does not establish current production or retirement status.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- 4.0 In-Space Propulsion — State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology