RITD - Re-entry: Inflatable Technology Development in Russian Collaboration
Abstract
A new generation of inflatable Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) for Mars has been developed. It is used in both the initial atmospheric entry and atmospheric descent before the semi-hard impact of the penetrator into Martian surface. The EDLS applicability to Earth's atmosphere is studied by the EU/RITD [1] project. Project focuses on the analysis and tests of the transonic behaviour of this compact and light weight payload entry system at the Earth re-entry.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- April 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014EPSC....9..232H