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Thermal protection of the huygens probe during titan entry: last questions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bouilly, Jean-Marc |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Description | CASSINI-HUYGENS mission is a cooperation between NASA and ESA, dedicated to the exploration of the Saturnian system. In the framework of this mission, the entry of the HUYGENS probe in the atmosphere of TITAN will be of major scientific interest. One of the essential points of the HUYGENS mission is therefore the good behavior of the thermal shield designed to maintain the aerodynamic shape and to protect the probe from excessive heating during the atmospheric entry on TITAN. The design and the qualification of this thermal shield were carried out between 1992 and 1995 (development phase). Currently, the final definition of mission parameters is being completed. As the performance of the thermal shield is one of all the parameters considered at system level, it is therefore necessary to reassess the thermal response of the TPS, taking into account some updated information that was not yet available during the development phase. After some recall of the results of 1992 to 1995, the paper will present a status of the current work on TPS. |
| File Size | 1195980 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20070014654 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t23c11236 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Saturn Planet Cassini Mission Thermal Protection European Space Agency Temperature Effects Shear Stress Heat Shielding Huygens Probe Atmospheric Entry Titan Radiation Dosage Heat Flux Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
