[AR] Record for the most firings on a single igniter?

  • From: Lars Osborne <lars.osborne@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:39:00 -0700

Does anyone have data for what is the most number of ignitions performed on
bi-propellant, non-hypergolic rocket igniter without being rebuilt? I know
that XCOR has done thousands of runs on their igniters, but I don't know
how often they get rebuilt or if anyone has performed comparable
reliability tests. What is the state of the art for igniter cycles?

Thanks,
Lars Osborne

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