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: CMGB, Data Set: At Risk

Overview

The following distributions include results for all components that impact the ground, including those that are atomic components, part of a compound fragment or are unreleased and contained within another component

Release Altitude

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
Mean: 1.3e+05 (+/- 2.1e+02 / 2.1e+02)
Standard deviation: 4.8e+03 (+/- 1.5e+02 / 1.4e+02)
Location: 1.2e+05
Scale: 1.6e+04
Beta A: 0.31
Beta B: 0.73

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Landed Mass

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
Mean: 7.8 (+/- 0.12 / 0.12)
Standard deviation: 2.7 (+/- 0.087 / 0.082)
Location: 0.38
Scale: 9.9
Beta A: 0.64
Beta B: 0.35

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Impact Energy

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
Mean: 2.9e+04 (+/- 7.4e+02 / 7.4e+02)
Standard deviation: 1.7e+04 (+/- 5.4e+02 / 5.1e+02)
Location: 7e+02
Scale: 7.1e+04
Beta A: 1.2
Beta B: 2

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ESA PADRE 2021