The design and realisation of the IXV Mission Analysis and Flight Mechanics
| Autor: | Cristina Parigini, Martins Sudars, Irene Pontijas, Riccardo Carducci, Jordi Freixa, Angelo Denaro, Salvatore Mancuso, Edmondo Bassano, Roberto Angelini, Gonzalo Blanco, Davide Bonetti, Rodrigo Haya-Ramos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Aircraft flight mechanics
Engineering Angle of attack business.industry Aerospace Engineering Flying qualities Flight control surfaces Aerodynamics 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Aeronautics Link budget 0103 physical sciences Global Positioning System Aerospace engineering business Visibility 010303 astronomy & astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Acta Astronautica. 124:39-52 |
| ISSN: | 0094-5765 |
| Popis: | The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is a suborbital re-entry demonstrator successfully launched in February 2015 focusing on the in-flight demonstration of a lifting body system with active aerodynamic control surfaces. This paper presents an overview of the Mission Analysis and Flight Mechanics of the IXV vehicle, which comprises computation of the End-to-End (launch to splashdown) design trajectories, characterisation of the Entry Corridor, assessment of the Mission Performances through Monte Carlo campaigns, contribution to the aerodynamic database, analysis of the Visibility and link budget from Ground Stations and GPS, support to safety analyses (off nominal footprints), specification of the Centre of Gravity box, selection of the Angle of Attack trim line to be flown and characterisation of the Flying Qualities performances. An initial analysis and comparison with the raw flight data obtained during the flight will be discussed and first lessons learned derived. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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