The suite of Inflatable Re-Entry Vehicle Experiments (IRVE) is designed to further our knowledge and understanding of Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (HIADs). Before infusion into a future mission, three challenges need to be addressed: surviving the heat pulse during re-entry, demonstrating system performance at relevant scales, and demonstrating controllability in the atmosphere. IRVE-4 will contribute to a better understanding of controllability by characterizing how a HIAD responds to a set of controlled inputs. The ability to control a HIAD is vital for missions that are g-limited, require precision targeting and guidance for aerocapture or entry, descent, and landing. The IRVE-4 flight test will focus on taking a first look into controlling a HIAD. This paper will give an overview of the IRVE-4 mission including the control response portion of the flight test sequence, and will provide a review of the missions development.
Inflatable Re-Entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) - 4 Overview
2005
14 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Inflatable structures , Reentry vehicles , General overviews , Spacecraft design , Aeroshells , Stagnation point , P-3 aircraft , Performance prediction , Centerbodies , Nose cones , Trajectory analysis , Thermocouples , Wallops Island , Terrier missile , Multilayer insulation
Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) - 4 Overview
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