The Adaptive Deployable Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT) offers a delivery capability for Small Sat or CubeSat orbiter(s), in-situ elements, or landers. ADEPT can deliver the same science payload to a destination with a stowed diameter a factor of 3-4 times smaller than an equivalent rigid aeroshell, alleviating volumetric constraints on the secondary payload accommodation or primary carrier spacecraft bus. The ADEPT system can support payload over a range of mass and geometries to offer a delivery capability for a single or constellation of spacecraft supporting the goals and objectives of “Low Cost Mars Science Missions.”
Enabling New and Innovative Low Cost Mars Science Missions with the Adaptable, Deployable, Entry and Placement Technology (ADEPT)
Low-Cost Science Mission Concepts for Mars Exploration ; 2022 ; Pasadena, CA, US
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Engineering (General) , ADEPT , Mars , EDL