A procedure was developed for the simulation of the launch and reentry acceleration profiles of the Space Shuttle (3.3 and 1.7 g maximum, respectively) and of two versions of NASA's proposed materials research Reusable Reentry Satellite (RRS) (8 and 4 g maximum, respectively). With a 7-m centrifuge, the time dependence of five different acceleration episodes was simulated for payload masses up to 59 kg. Test results obtained for the Materials Dispersion Apparatus, a commercial low-cost payload device, are presented.


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    Title :

    Simulation of launch and re-entry acceleration profiles for testing of Shuttle and unmanned microgravity research payloads


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    Publication date :

    1988-01-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English





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