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: TRUSS2, 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 (+/- 2.3e+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

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Landed Mass

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
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

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Impact Energy

Gaussian FitBeta Fit
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

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ESA PADRE 2021