Major goals of further development of Earth-to-orbit transportation are the improvement of the payload mass fraction and increased reliability along with lower costs. Modelling calculations are described in this study, determining the landing characteristics of landing modules, that are decelerated by an artificial layer ('Impact layer'). Ballistic characteristics of re-entry bodies of various shapes were calculated along with impact layers of different compositions. The method has the advantage of yielding lower over-all masses than conventional ballistic landing methods. In a first approximation, results confirm the applicability of the principle.
Prallschichten zur weichen Bremsung von Landekapseln
An artificial deceleration layer for re-entry bodies
Zeitschrift für Flugwissenschaften und Weltraumforschung ; 20 , 4 ; 199-204
1996
6 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 9 Quellen
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