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    Tracking and Recovery of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) Reentry Vehicle (RV)

    Tracking and Recovery of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) Reentry Vehicle (RV)


    The LOFTID mission launched from Vandenberg on Nov 10, 2022, and successfully demonstrated the reentry of a 6m diameter inflatable aeroshell from low Earth orbit. This paper will cover the design features implemented to enable recovery of the flight vehicle, and will discuss the splashdown calculations, in-flight tracking, recovery from the ocean, and post-flight inspection of the flight vehicle. To support recovery of the RV and ejected data recorder after splashdown, a recovery ship was pre-positioned near the predicted splashdown ellipse in the Pacific Ocean. The splashdown ellipse was repeatedly updated as launch approached. In-flight tracking included transmission from the RV of GPS data through both the Iridium satellite network and the LoRa direct RF link, along with IR video cameras on the recovery ship and airborne imagery from the SCIFLI Team. Using both the GPS data and the IR imagery, the recovery ship tracked down the RV, and deployed an inflatable boat to approach the RV and attach it to the ship’s crane, after which the RV was hoisted on board and secured in its GSE recovery stand. The ship then tracked down the ejected data recorder, which was also broadcasting its GPS data, and pulled it from the water. Once the ship returned to port, the RV was hoisted ashore for additional inspection, removal of the data recorders, and repackaging for shipment back to NASA Langley.

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    Tracking and Recovery of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) Reentry Vehicle (RV)

    Beteiligte:
    Robert A. Dillman (Autor:in) / Stephen J. Hughes (Autor:in) / Robert N. Mosher (Autor:in) / Hillary Blakeley (Autor:in) / Jeffrey J. Massie (Autor:in) / Oliver de Boer (Autor:in) / Rohan G. Deshmukh (Autor:in) / Soumyo Dutta (Autor:in) / Carey F. Scott (Autor:in) / Arianna R. Haven (Autor:in)
    Kongress:

    AIAA Sci Tech Forum 2024 ; 2024 ; Orlando, FL, US

    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)

    Format :

    Keine Angabe

    Sprache :

    Englisch

    Schlagwörter :

    Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance

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