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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20160010274: Flight Analysis of an Autonomously Navigated Experimental Lander PDF
Preview NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20160010274: Flight Analysis of an Autonomously Navigated Experimental Lander
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Flight Analysis of an Autonomously Navigated Experimental Lander Jeffrey Chin, Justin Niehaus, Debra Goodenow NASA Glenn Research Center Storm Dunker, David Montague Airborne Systems 1 www.nasa.gov Flight Objectives Increase the reusability of high altitude balloon gondolas after landing Goals Objectives Launch and land a gondola using 1.1 damage reduction method Demonstrate a method to 1.0 reduce damage to the gondola Collect and retrieve load data during during landing 1.2 the operation of the damage reduction method Demonstrate a method to Perform a controlled landing of a 2.0 increase recoverability of the 2.1 gondola to a specified target region gondola after landing 2 NASAFly System • Developed by Airborne Systems • Guided Precision Aerial Delivery 3 New Challenges • Tex=le tolerance to radia=on exposure • Opera=ng systems at combined low densi=es and temperatures • Safely, reliably, and cleanly separa=ng from the host vehicle and ini=a=ng drogue infla=on • Stability during a transonic free-‐fall • Use of GPS sensors near their al=tude and speed limits • Mission planning for balloon flights with highly variable trajectories 4 ANGEL Payload 5 Balloon Flight System (BFS) • Monitors flight and landing condi=ons • Sensors include: – GPS – 3-‐axis Accelerometers – 3-‐axis Gyro – 3-‐axis Magnetometer – Thermocouples – Barometers – Cameras – Current/voltage Monitoring – Telemetry 6 Separation System Design ANGEL 7 Separation System – Section View Payload Housing Bearing Bearings 8 Separation System – Section View ShaV Retracted Drogue Cord 9 Flight Profile 0.04 129,689 -‐29 Time at Float determined by 0.07 117,956 Float Host Vehicle -‐39 Range Safety Officer (2 hour Separa=on from 0.10 110,396 Con=nues Mission -‐39 max based on mission profile) Host Vehicle 0.15 102,412 -‐42 Drogue Parachute D 0.29 87,326 -‐51 r Deploys 0.04 78,775 o -‐56 g 0.73 68,271 u -‐62 1.00 61,528 e -‐68 D 1.40 54,621 -‐73 e 2.10 46,606 s -‐61 c 2.90 40,569 -‐48 e e ( psi ) 34..6300 e ( ft ) 3351,,655468 Emxipne. cNtoed le Asssc tehnatn R 7a5t0e Vof/ m10in0 0 V/ nt Drogue Parachute Terminated -‐-‐4306 re ( C ) r d u ressu 55..1800 Altitu 2274,,977753 Paraglider Deployed -‐-‐2270 perat P m 6.50 21,873 -‐13 e T 7.25 19,214 -‐7 7.90 16,759 -‐3 8.70 14,479 2 9.40 12,354 4 10.10 10,359 Pre-‐launch 8 10.80 8,477 11 Touchdown 11.60 6,701 12 11.90 5,851 13 Launch 12.30 5,024 14 Recovery 12.70 4,219 15 Ground 25 Mission Time (hrs) 1 _ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10