3 results found Select / deselect all results (all pages, 3 total) Aerocapture demonstration mission An interplanetary probe must decelerate from a hyperbolic interplanetory trajectory to an orbital trajectory when it arrives at its destination. Currently, this maneuvre is achieved using chemical propulsion, which means that propellant makes up a significant fraction of the vehicle mass. Aerocapture is an alternative concept that instead uses aerodynamic drag from the athmosphere of the planet to decelerate the arriving spacecraft. United Kingdom Preparation 21-P-M-HRE-06-a VORTICITY LTD 2022 - 2023 Aerocapture demonstration mission Enabling fully traceable thermal imaging of spacecraft during thermal-vacuum, thermal balance testing The main tasks of this activity are the following: 1) Metrological assessment and gap analysis of existing thermal imaging methodology, data processing and uncertainty assessment, related but not limited to aerospace applications. United Kingdom TDE T708-503MX NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY - NPL Management Limited 2018 - 2019 Enabling fully traceable thermal imaging of spacecraft during thermal-vacuum, thermal balance testing De-risk assessment: From Virtual Vibration Testing to a Digital Test Facility for Spacecraft Digital Test Facility for Spacecraft is a novel approach for its complexity that can be a game-changer for the industry and the space community in general, revolutionising the current practice in terms of tests performed and pre-/post-test activities. Multiple approaches have been identified and traded-off. One, so-called “Hybrid Approach with Multiple Models”, was selected as most promising. The assessment was overall positive, and the existing SW technology could be used to implement such an approach. United Kingdom GSTP G617-241TAba UNIVERSITY OF SURREY 2018 - 2019 De-risk assessment: From Virtual Vibration Testing to a Digital Test Facility for Spacecraft Filter by Programme GSTP (1) Preparation (1) TDE (1) Filter by Start Year 2018 (2) 2022 (1) Filter by End Year 2019 (2) 2023 (1) Filter by Keywords 8-System Design & Verification (1) aerobreaking (1) aerocapture (1) athmospheric drag (1) interplanetary transfer (1) Mars (1) Orbital capture (1) Orbit insertion (1) Re-entry (1) Filter by Contractor NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY - NPL Management Limited (1) UNIVERSITY OF SURREY (1) VORTICITY LTD (1) Filter by Country (-) United Kingdom (3) Filter by Application Domain Generic Technologies (2) Exploration (1) Filter by Technology Domain 9 - Mission Operation and Ground Data Systems (1) 10 - Flight Dynamics and GNSS (1) 18 - Fluid Dynamics (1) (-) 8 - System Design & Verification (3) Filter by Competence Domain 6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation (1) 7-Propulsion, Space Transportation and Re-entry Vehicles (1) 8-Ground Systems and Mission Operations (1) 10-Astrodynamics, Space Debris and Space Environment (1) (-) 2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal (3) Filter by Activity Status Closed (3)
