The preparation and the flight of SHEFEX
- Paper number
IAC-05-D2.6.02
- Author
Dr. Norbert Püttmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. José Longo, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
- Year
2005
- Abstract
In the last years some experimental flight vehicles have been developed to research technologies for future space transportation vehicles, esp. for re-entry. Computation, experiments and tests on ground delivered a lot of data for materials and aerothermodynamics. But there hardly has been a flight for validation of those data. SHEFEX (Sharp Edge Flight Experiment) has been developed to gain flight data for the Thermal Protection System and the aerothermodynamics of it's configuration by flying the payload on a sounding rocket like on a flying wind tunnel experiment. The aim is to investigate the behavior of an improved shape for re-entry vehicles considering sharp edges and facetted surfaces. As a major advantage most of the budget will be used for the experiment and the minor one for the launcher and the launch campaign. DLR has already received requests for the flight data from the FLPP- Program and requests for the participation on coming flights. NASA is interested in the results of the experiment as well as in the idea of flying technologies on sounding rockets for Exploration Initiative purposes. The flight is planned for the 3rd quarter of this year and will be performed at the Andoya rocket range (Norway) under responsibility of the German Aerospace Centre. The presentation will include an overview of the SHEFEX project, the main goals, the flight campaign and 1st results. It is planned to provide videos in the presentation and the flight hardware on the exhibition.
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