The HUYGENS Thermal Shield: Design, Development and Qualification Rationale

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Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Guerrier, Daniel, author.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Environmental Systems (1995-07-10 : San Diego, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1995

Summary:

The ESA HUYGENS probe is scheduled for launch as part of the CASSINI mission to the Saturnian system in 1997, due to arrive at TITAN in late 2004. The HUYGENS probe shall then perform a 2.5 h exploratory descent in TITAN's atmosphere. This descent phase will be preceded by a 3 mn Entry phase during which the velocity of the European probe will be reduced from 6 km/s down to around 400 m/s. This will be obtained by means of a 2.7 m diameter shield.This paper presents the general rationale used for the shield design, development and qualification.The following steps are described:The preceding tasks are now successfully achieved. The flight model shield will be provided by AEROSPATIALE to ESA on September 15th, 95

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951574

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