The Supersonic Flight Dynamics Test (SFDT) vehicle was developed to advance and test technologies of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) Technology Demonstration Mission. The first flight test (SFDT-1) occurred on June 28, 2014. In order to optimize the usefulness of the camera data, analysis was performed to optimize parachute visibility in the camera field of view during deployment and inflation and to determine the probability of sun-exposure issues with the cameras given the vehicle heading and launch time. This paper documents the analysis, results and comparison with flight video of SFDT-1.


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    Title :

    SFDT-1 Camera Pointing and Sun-Exposure Analysis and Flight Performance


    Contributors:
    J. White (author) / S. Dutta (author) / S. Striepe (author)

    Publication date :

    2015


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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