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.


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    Title :

    Mars Pathfinder Cruise Stage/Entry Vehicle Separation Dynamics


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1996-04-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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