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Articles tagged: aerobraking

  • aerobraking, aeroshell, EGG nanosatellite, space debris remediation February 2020 Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars

    ... suitable for an ISS down-mass capability. Aeroshells also have potential for easier interplanetary transportation in that ‘aerobraking’ could be used to slow a spacecraft down as it enters the atmosphere of its target planet. International and cross...

    • aerobraking
    • aeroshell
    • EGG nanosatellite
    • space debris remediation
    Authors: Maximilien Berthet    
  • Janet G. Luhmann, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Maven, Space Sciences Laboratory December 2014 MAVEN and the evolution of Mars

    ... activity and surface influences, including dust storms, can improve satellite atmospheric entry, drag and aerobraking calculations. The ionosphere’s variability can affect surface-to-ground, ground-to-surface and surface-to-surface communications...

    • Janet G. Luhmann
    • Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN
    • Maven
    • Space Sciences Laboratory
    Authors: Janet G. Luhmann    
  • Beagle 2, Jim Clemmet, John Bridges, Mark Sims, mars June 2015 Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander

    ... ground at 16 metres/second, took a little less than 8 minutes. During that time, Beagle 2 was slowed by a combination of aerobraking, a 1.9 metre drogue parachute and a 10 metre main parachute, all under the control of the probe’s software. The...

    • Beagle 2
    • Jim Clemmet
    • John Bridges
    • Mark Sims
    • mars
    Authors: Jim Clemmet     John Bridges     Mark Sims    
  • Elon Musk, mars, SpaceX, special report January 2017 Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect

    ... transport. Crewed Mars landing craft would then be based on decades of experience with lunar landings and with aerobraking and supersonic retro-propulsion at Earth. In other words, instead of an all-or-nothing push to Mars with new, purpose...

    • Elon Musk
    • mars
    • SpaceX
    • special report
    Authors: Stephen Ashworth    
  • 09 March 2016 Components of ExoMars 2016 come together in preparation of launch next week

    ... missions to Mars by performing a controlled landing on the planet’s surface. Schiaparelli is thus designed to be slowed down by aerobraking and the deployment of a parachute at an altitude of about 11 km. A thruster system will also slow its descent...

  • ESA’s ExoMars rover, ExoMars, Schiaparelli, Trace Gas Orbiter, Ultra-High Frequency radio 19 October 2016 Success for TGO orbit insertion and its looking good for Schiaparelli too

    .... Meanwhile, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), if confirmed to be in the right orbit, will now complete a year of complex aerobraking manoeuvres to circularise its orbit and its science mission will start at the end of 2017. It will also...

    • ESA’s ExoMars rover
    • ExoMars
    • Schiaparelli
    • Trace Gas Orbiter
    • Ultra-High Frequency radio

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