A dedicated deployable aerobraking structure concept was developed that significantly increases the effective area of a spacecraft during aerobraking by up to a factor of 5 or more (depending on spacecraft size) without substantially increasing total spacecraft mass. Increasing the effective aerobraking area of a spacecraft (without significantly increasing spacecraft mass) results in a corresponding reduction in the time required for aerobraking. For example, if the effective area of a spacecraft is doubled, the time required for aerobraking is roughly reduced to half the previous value. The dedicated deployable aerobraking structure thus enables significantly shorter aerobraking phases, which results in reduced mission cost, risk, and allows science operations to begin earlier in the mission.


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    Titel :

    Dedicated Deployable Aerobraking Structure


    Beteiligte:
    Giersch, Louis R. (Autor:in) / Knarr, Kevin (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.08.2010


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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