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 impact the ground, including those that are atomic components, part of a compound fragment or are unreleased and contained within another component
Gaussian Fit | Beta Fit |
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Mean: 1.3e+05 (+/- 2.3e+02 / 2.3e+02) Standard deviation: 4.7e+03 (+/- 1.7e+02 / 1.6e+02) | Location: 1.2e+05 Scale: 1.6e+04 Beta A: 0.32 Beta B: 0.77 |
Gaussian Fit | Beta Fit |
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Mean: 0.48 (+/- 0.015 / 0.015) Standard deviation: 0.32 (+/- 0.011 / 0.01) | Location: 0.092 Scale: 1.8e+05 Beta A: 1.5 Beta B: 6.8e+05 |
Gaussian Fit | Beta Fit |
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Mean: 3.1e+02 (+/- 21 / 21) Standard deviation: 4.4e+02 (+/- 15 / 14) | Location: 8 Scale: 4.1e+03 Beta A: 0.56 Beta B: 6.7 |
ESA PADRE 2021