Ultralightweight ballutes offer the potential to provide the deceleration for entry and aerocapture missions at a fraction of the mass of traditional methods. A team consisting of Ball Aerospace, ILC Dover, NASA Langley, NASA Johnson, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been addressing the technical issues associated with ultralightweight ballutes for aerocapture at Titan. Significant progress has been made in the areas of ballute materials, aerothermal analysis, trajectory control, and aeroelastic modeling. The status and results of efforts in these areas are presented. The results indicate that an ultralightweight ballute system mass of 8 to 10 percent of the total entry mass is possible.
Ultralightweight Ballute Technology Advances
01.04.2005
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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