This study investigates the reentry of the LifeSat vehicles into the WSMR. The LifeSat mission consists of two reusable reentry satellites, each carrying a removable payload module, which scientists will use to study long-term effects of microgravity, Van Allen belt radiation, and galactic cosmic rays on living organisms. A series of missions is planned for both low-Earth circular orbits and highly elliptic orbits. To recover the payload module with the specimens intact, a soft parachute landing and recovery at the WSMR is planned. This analysis examines operational issues surrounding the reentry scenario to assess the feasibility of the reentry.
Analysis of Reentry into the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) for the LIFESAT Mission
1993
14 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Astronautics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Payloads , Reduced gravity , Scientific satellites , Spaceborne experiments , Spacecraft reentry , Exobiology , Galactic cosmic rays , Missile ranges , Organisms , Radiation belts , Radiation effects , Circular orbits , Parachute descent , Soft landing
About White Sands Missile Range
NTIS | 1991
About White Sands Missile Range
NTRS | 1991
HISTORIC WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
Online Contents | 1994
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