On September 12th 2018, a sounding rocket flight test was conducted on a mechanically-deployed atmospheric entry system known as the Adaptable Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT). The purpose of the Sounding Rocket One (SR-1) test was to gather critical flight data for evaluating the vehicle's in-space deployment performance and supersonic stability. This flight test was a major milestone in a technology development campaign for Nano-ADEPT: the application of ADEPT for small secondary payloads. The test was conducted above White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on a SpaceLoft XL rocket manufactured by UP Aerospace. This paper describes the system components, hardware development campaign, test execution, and test conclusions.
ADEPT Sounding Rocket One Flight Test Overview
2019
23 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Active control , Aerodynamic drag , Postflight analysis , Sounding rockets , Systems engineering , Trajectory analysis , Missile ranges , Aerodynamic stability , Atmospheric entry , Computational fluid dynamics , Entry, descent and landing , Descent trajectories , Flight tests , Mach number , Payloads
ADEPT Sounding Rocket One Flight Test Overview
AIAA | 2019
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NTRS | 2019
|ADEPT Sounding Rocket One Flight Test Overview
NTRS | 2019
|ADEPT Sounding Rocket One Flight Test Overview
NTRS | 2019
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