NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project conducted its second Supersonic Flight Dynamics Test (SFDT-2) on June 8, 2015. The Program to Optimize Simulated Trajectories II (POST2) was one of the flight dynamics tools used to simulate and predict the flight performance and was a major tool used in the post-flight assessment of the flight trajectory. This paper compares the simulation predictions with the reconstructed trajectory. Additionally, off-nominal conditions seen during flight are modeled in the simulation to reconcile the predictions with flight data. These analyses are beneficial to characterize the results of the flight test and to improve the simulation and targeting of the subsequent LDSD flights.
Post-Flight Assessment of Low Density Supersonic Decelerator Flight Dynamics Test 2 Simulation
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2016 ; Napa, CA, United States
2016-02-14
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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