The use of atmospheric drag to circularize an elliptical spacecraft orbit at Venus is analyzed parametrically for the Venus Orbital Imaging Radar Mission (VOIR) in 1983. Navigation, maneuver, and guidance requirements are discussed for the decay of a 24-hr orbit to a close circular orbit in about 30-60 days. A prototype 'Aerobrake' is described which is approximately 5 m in diameter and 25 kg in mass and which replaces a chemical retroengine of about 1300 kg in mass (delta V = 2.5 km/s) by a 700 kg in-orbit mass. The aerobrake, a light deployable Inconel sheet, shields the spacecraft from the flow and radiates the aerodynamic heating.


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    Titel :

    Atmospheric braking to circularize an elliptical Venus orbit


    Beteiligte:
    Mcronald, A. D. (Autor:in) / Nock, K. T. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Astrodynamics Specialist Conference


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.09.1977


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :




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