Sounding Rocket One (SR-1), the first flight test of the Adaptable Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT), was performed on Sept. 12, 2018. ADEPT is a deployable aeroshell that can be stowed during launch and then opened after launch to increase the drag area of the spacecraft when entering into a planetary atmosphere. The main objectives of the SR-1 flight test were to demonstrate that the ADEPT vehicle can be opened exo-atmospherically and to characterize the stability of the vehicle during atmospheric flight. The SR-1 test vehicle was a 0.7 m diameter 70 degree half-angle, faceted, sphere-cone, which was the primary payload on an UP Aerospace Spaceloft (SL) launch vehicle from the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). ADEPT successfully separated from the spent booster in its stowed configuration, opened above 100 km altitude, and then landed in the deployed configuration within WSMR. The flight mechanics of the vehicle was modeled pre-flight for performance and range safety predictions. This paper describes the pre-flight ADEPT trajectory simulation and how the flight data compared with the predictions from the simulations.


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    Title :

    Flight Mechanics Modeling and Post-Flight Analysis of ADEPT SR-1


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech Forum 2019 ; 2019 ; San Diego, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-01-07


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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