Liquid Oxygen Storage Tank

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Liquid Oxygen Tank Examples. Credit: NASA

This equipment will be usedĀ for storing liquid oxygen delivered by the mining spacecraft until it can be converted into fuel. Construction of this hardware will be contracted out to Lockheed Martin. Storage criteria demand cyrogenic temperatures (~ -182 deg C) and pressurization at ~ 150 kPa.

  • 1kg liquid oxygen = 0.000888 m^3
  • Values utilized from NASA Space Shuttle liquid oxygen tank

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