Results from a 25 shot ballistic range test of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) aeroshell are presented. The supersonic pitch damping properties of the MER capsule were characterized between Mach = 1.5 and Mach = 3.5 and total angles-of-attack from 0 degrees to greater than 25 degrees. Three capsule center-of-gravity positions were tested across this range of conditions, 0.27, 0.30 and 0.33 body diameters aft of the nose. Parameter identification results show that the capsule is dynamically unstable at low angles-of-attack across the Mach numbers tested, with instability increasing with lower speeds. This dynamic instability was seen to increase with aft center-of-gravity movement. The MER outer mold line was very similar to the successful Mars Pathfinder capsule with only minor modifications. Pathfinder relied on Viking forced oscillation data for preflight predictions. The pitch damping data calculated from this test program are shown to more accurately reproduce the measured Path finder flight data.


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    Titel :

    Ballistic Range Testing of the Mars Exploration Rover Entry Capsule


    Beteiligte:
    Schoenenberger, Mark (Autor:in) / Hathaway, Wayne (Autor:in) / Yates, Leslie (Autor:in) / Desai, Prasun (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit ; 2005 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-06


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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