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Aerocapture for future space transportation
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2011-09-30
Project Acronym:AEROFAST
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:ASTRIUM S.A.S. | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Philippe |
RUE LAURENT PICHAT PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-556573073 | |
| Fax:+33-556573284 | |
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| URL:http://www.io.fc.ul.pt | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
AEROFAST main goal is to invest and improve the AEROCAPTURE transportation mean. An important step to allow for human expansion into the solar system is to develop advanced transportation systems to move humans and cargo between GEO and LEO, and also returning them from the Moon or from Mars. Typically such vehicle must rely on aerocapture to be mass effective: using atmospheric drag to slow space vehicles is regarded as one of the largest contributors to making both lunar and Martian missions affordable. In the coming decade's aerocapture will become one of the core capabilities for planetary transportation.
This technology allows for large amount of mass saved (up to 30 %) at launch and is fully adapted to large weight missions (Sample return missions and manned missions): for an insertion into a low Mars orbit with propulsion, 41% of the initial mass is put on final orbit whereas with an aerocapture manoeuvre 82% of the initial mass is put into final orbit. Today the technology readiness level of such an aerocapture mission is roughly 2 to 3 in Europe. AEROFAST goal is to prepare for a flight demonstration on a planet with atmosphere (earth or even more attractive Mars) and to reach TRL 3 to 4 in the frame of this FP7 first call.
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Project Details
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2011-09-30
Duration:33 months
Project Reference:218797
Project cost:2985856 EURO
Project Funding:1924374 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Space transportation
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.aerofast.eu
Subject index:Space & satellite research
Other Indexes:Aerodynamics,thermal protection system guidance,control and navigation,Heat shield scientific payloads,Aerodynamics - thermal protection system guidance,control and navigation - Heat shield scientific payloads
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Name:Zbigniew |
KRAKOWSKA WARSZAWA POLSKA Region:MAZOWIECKIE M. Warszawa |
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| Organization name:INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVACAO | |
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Name:Josa Manuel |
ESTRADA DO PACO DO LUMIAR LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
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| Organization name:FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA | |
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Name:Olga |
Campo Grande C5 PISO 3 LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
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Name:Oto |
TOVARNI 1112 CHRUDIM IV CESKA REPUBLIKA Region: |
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| Organization name:OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES | |
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Name:Thierry |
Avenue de la Division Leclerc CHATILLON FRANCE Region:CENTRE-EST RHÔNE-ALPES Isère |
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| Organization name:CENTRUM BADAN KOSMICZNYCH POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK | |
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Name:Anna |
BARTYCKA WARSZAWA POLSKA Region:MAZOWIECKIE M. Warszawa |
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Name:Alexandre |
Rua de Meladas, 260 MOZELOS PORTUGAL Region: |
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Name:Miguel |
AVENIDA D JOAO II LOTE 1 17 01 LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
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Name:Georg |
Ludwig-Boelkow-Allee MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
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| Organization name:SAMTECH SA | |
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Name:Alain |
Rue des Chasseurs Ardennais 8 -Parc Scientifique du Sart-Tilman ANGLEUR BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:RÉGION WALLONNE LIÈGE Liège (Arrondissement) |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA | |
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Name:Antonella |
Piazzale Aldo Moro ROMA ITALIA Region:LAZIO Roma |
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| Organization name:SPACE AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE | |
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Name:Nikolov |
MOSKOVSKA STREET 799 SOFIA BULGARIA Region:YUGOZAPADEN Sofia stolitsa |
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