Inflatable aerocapture decelerators for mars orbiters

Collection of Technical Papers - 19th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 413-425

  Brown, Glen J ^a,c   Lingard, J Stephen ^b,c   Darley, Matthew G ^b   Underwood, John C ^b,c  

^a Vertigo Inc   (United States)

^b Vorticity Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROCAPTURE DECELERATORS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY CONTROL;

DECELERATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; NASA; ORBITS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 37149035237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. Hall, J.L., "A Review of Ballute Technology for Planetary Aerocapture," AIAA Meeting Papers on Disc [CD-ROM], AIAA-2000-0382, Reston, VA, 2000.
3. McRonald, A., "A Light-Weight Hypersonic Inflatable Drag Device for a Neptune Orbiter," AAS 00-170, Washington, D.C., 2000.
4. Cerimele, C.J., and Gamble, J.D., "A Simplified Guidance Algorithm for Lifting Aeroassist Orbital Transfer Vehicles," AIAA-85-0348, Reston, VA, 1985.
5. Brown, G., Epp, C., Graves, C., Lingard, S., Darley, M., and Jordan, K., "Hypercone Inflatable Supersonic Decelerator," AIAA Meeting Papers on Disc [CD-ROM], AIAA-2003-2167, Reston, VA, 2003.
6. Brown, G.J., "Inflatable Structures for Deployable Aerocapture Decelerators," Proceedings of JANNAF Conference, 2005.