ESA PADRE Analysis Results


Test case: Example DRAMA Uncontrolled Component-Centric Vehicle Re-entry

Demonstration of the PADRE spacecraft assessment mode. This analysis simulated the destructive re-entry of a 1000kg component-centric vehicle, modelled as a relatively simple structore comprising approximately 40 components. Re-entry is predicted from a circular sun-synchronous orbit of 130km altitude using the DRAMA v3.0.4 version of SESAM. Uncertainties in the initial true anomaly, atmosphere density, material properties, drag and heating coefficients are considered. A standard Monte-Carlo of between 2000 and 5000 simulations has been executed.

Status

Detailed Results for Component: COMEC, Data Set: No Risk

Overview

The following distributions include results for all components that demise, including those that demise as atomic components, part of a compound fragment

Release Altitude

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
Mean: 8.6e+04 (+/- 1.4e+02 / 1.4e+02)
Standard deviation: 3.1e+03 (+/- 1e+02 / 94)
Location: 7.5e+04
Scale: 2e+04
Beta A: 5
Beta B: 3.4

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No Risk Altitude

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
Mean: 8.2e+04 (+/- 1.6e+02 / 1.6e+02)
Standard deviation: 3.7e+03 (+/- 1.2e+02 / 1.1e+02)
Location: 6.8e+04
Scale: 2.3e+04
Beta A: 4.9
Beta B: 2.6

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ESA PADRE 2021