A joint NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility and Johnson Space Center program was conducted to determine the feasibility of the autonomous recovery of a spacecraft using a ram-air parafoil system for the final stages of entry from space that included a precision landing. The feasibility of this system was studied using a flight model of a spacecraft in the generic shape of a flattened biconic that weighed approximately 150 lb and was flown under a commercially available, ram-air parachute. Key elements of the vehicle included the Global Positioning System guidance for navigation, flight control computer, ultrasonic sensing for terminal altitude, electronic compass, and onboard data recording. A flight test program was used to develop and refine the vehicle. This vehicle completed an autonomous flight from an altitude of 10,000 ft and a lateral offset of 1.7 miles that resulted in a precision flare and landing into the wind at a predetermined location. At times, the autonomous flight was conducted in the presence of winds approximately equal to vehicle airspeed. Several novel techniques for computing the winds postflight were evaluated. Future program objectives are also presented.


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    Titel :

    Development and flight test of a deployable precision landing system


    Beteiligte:
    Sim, Alex G. (Autor:in) / Murray, James E. (Autor:in) / Neufeld, David C. (Autor:in) / Reed, R. Dale (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.09.1994



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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