Prior to atmospheric entry, Mars Pathfinder flight system will separate its entry vehicle from its cruise stage, and establish the entry conditions for a passive and unconventional entry, descent, and landing approach. This paper summarizes a separation dynamics analysis conducted to demonstrate that the cruise separation system design is viable and ensure that adequate design margins exist with the effects from parameter uncertainty included.
Mars Pathfinder Cruise Stage/Entry Vehicle Separation Dynamics
1996-04-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Stage , Cruise , Mars , Dynamics , Separation , Pathfinder
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