Results of analyses of the roll torque evaluation (RTE) vehicle, a reentry configuration which was flight-tested during May 1974 at the Sandia Laboratories Tonopah Test Range are presented. The purpose of the test program was to evaluate, in a controlled environment, the roll-torque-producing effect of an ablating tape-wrapped carbon phenolic (TWCP) heat shield. The boost system, a Talos-Terrier-Recruit (TATER) rocket, delivered the reentry configuration to conditions approximating the latter portion of full-scale reentry while providing nominal payload separation. Flight instrumentation, designed to evaluate the aerodynamic performance and thermal response of the vehicle, indicates that the flight environment was severe enough to produce the desired level of ablation and that significant rolling moments were obtained. In addition, the vehicle was recovered intact for postflight inspection. (ERA citation 01:020304)


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Roll Torque Evaluation (RTE) Vehicle Postflight Test Report


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1976


    Format / Umfang :

    116 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch