The NASA Engineering and Safety Center received a request from Mr. Daniel Murri (NASA Technical Fellow for Flight Mechanics) to develop an autonomous aerobraking capability. An initial evaluation for all phases of this assessment was approved to proceed at the NESC Review Board meeting. The purpose of phase 1 of this study was to provide an assessment of the feasibility of autonomous aerobraking. During this phase, atmospheric, aerodynamic, and thermal models for a representative spacecraft were developed for both the onboard algorithm known as Autonomous Aerobraking Development Software, and a ground-based "truth" simulation developed for testing purposes. The results of the phase 1 assessment are included in this report.


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    Title :

    Development of Autonomous Aerobraking (Phase 1)


    Contributors:
    D. G. Murri (author) / R. W. Powell (author) / J. L. Prince (author)

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    291 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Development of Autonomous Aerobraking (Phase 1)

    Murri, Daniel G. / Powell, Richard W. / Prince, Jill L. | NTRS | 2012




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