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.
The following distributions include results for all components that demise, including those that demise as atomic components, part of a compound fragment
Gaussian Fit | Beta Fit |
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Mean: 9e+04 (+/- 8.8e+02 / 8.8e+02) Standard deviation: 2e+03 (+/- 8.5e+02 / 4.6e+02) |
Gaussian Fit | Beta Fit |
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Mean: 7.4e+04 (+/- 4.8e+02 / 4.8e+02) Standard deviation: 1.1e+03 (+/- 4.7e+02 / 2.5e+02) |
ESA PADRE 2021