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Analysis of collision avoidance manoeuvres using aerodynamic drag for the Flying Laptop satellite
Fabrizio Turco, Constantin Traub, Steffen Gaißer +3
Collision avoidance is a topic of growing importance for any satellite orbiting Earth. Especially those satellites without thrusting capabilities face the problem of not being able…
Influence of Specific Energy Inhomogeneity on the CO2 Splitting Performance in a High-Power Plasma Jet
Hendrik Burghaus, Clemens F. Kaiser, Stefanos Fasoulas +1
Plasma-based CO2 conversion is a promising pathway towards greenhouse gas recycling. In the corresponding research field, various types of plasma reactors are applied for carbon di…
An analysis tool for collision avoidance manoeuvres using aerodynamic drag
F. Turco, C. Traub, S. Gaißer +3
Aerodynamic collision avoidance manoeuvres provide an opportunity for satellites in Low Earth Orbits to reduce the risk during close encounters. With rising numbers of satellites a…
Design of an Intake and a Thruster for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System
F. Romano, G. Herdrich, Y. -A. Chan +25
Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft that finally defines the missions lifetime unle…
Development and analysis of novel mission scenarios based on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP)
S. Vaidya, C. Traub, F. Romano +28
Operating satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) benefits the already expanding New Space industry in applications including Earth Observation and beyond. However, long-term ope…
Hybrid Parallelization of Euler-Lagrange Simulations Based on MPI-3 Shared Memory
Patrick Kopper, Stephen Copplestone, Marcel Pfeiffer +3
The use of Euler-Lagrange methods on unstructured grids extends their application area to more versatile setups. However, the lack of a regular topology limits the scalability of d…
A planning tool for optimal three-dimensional formation flight maneuvers of satellites in VLEO using aerodynamic lift and drag via yaw angle deviations
Constantin Traub, Stefanos Fasoulas, Georg H. Herdrich
Differential drag is a promising option to control the relative motion of distributed satellites in the Very Low Earth Orbit regime which are not equipped with dedicated thrusting…
Intake Design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System (ABEP)
F. Romano, J. Espinosa-Orozco, M. Pfeiffer +29
Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft. To extend the lifetime of such missions, an ef…
System Analysis and Test-Bed for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion System using an Inductive Plasma Thruster
Francesco Romano, Bartomeu Massutí-Ballester, Tilman Binder +3
Challenging space mission scenarios include those in low altitude orbits, where the atmosphere creates significant drag to the S/C and forces their orbit to an early decay. For dra…
In-Orbit Aerodynamic Coefficient Measurements using SOAR (Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research)
N. H. Crisp, P. C. E. Roberts, S. Livadiotti +26
The Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) is a CubeSat mission, due to be launched in 2021, to investigate the interaction between different materials and the atmosphe…
A Review of Gas-Surface Interaction Models for Orbital Aerodynamics Applications
Sabrina Livadiotti, Nicholas H. Crisp, Peter C. E. Roberts +29
Renewed interest in Very Low Earth Orbits (VLEO) - i.e. altitudes below 450 km - has led to an increased demand for accurate environment characterisation and aerodynamic force pred…
The Benefits of Very Low Earth Orbit for Earth Observation Missions
N. H. Crisp, P. C. E. Roberts, S. Livadiotti +30
Very low Earth orbits (VLEO), typically classified as orbits below approximately 450 km in altitude, have the potential to provide significant benefits to spacecraft over those tha…
Modelling and Simulation of Heterogeneous Reactions with Statistical Particle Methods
Wladimir Reschke, Marcel Pfeiffer, Stefanos Fasoulas
Estimating the heat loads on re-entry vehicles is a crucial part of preparing for atmospheric re-entry manoeuvres. Re-entry flows at high altitudes are in the rarefied regime and a…
A Load Balance Strategy for Hybrid Particle-Mesh Methods
P. Ortwein, T. Binder, S. Copplestone +5
We present a load balancing strategy for hybrid particle-mesh methods that is based on domain decomposition and element-local time measurement. This new strategy is compared to our…
Load balancing strategies for the DSMC simulation of hypersonic flows using HPC
T. Binder, S. Copplestone, A. Mirza +6
In the context of the validation of PICLas, a kinetic particle suite for the simulation of rarefied, non-equilibrium plasma flows, the biased hypersonic nitrogen flow around a blun…
PANIC - A surface science package for the in situ characterization of a near-Earth asteroid
Karsten Schindler, Cristina A. Thomas, Vishnu Reddy +3
This paper presents the results of a mission concept study for an autonomous micro-scale surface lander also referred to as PANIC - the Pico Autonomous Near-Earth Asteroid In Situ…