Formation flight for in-Air Launcher 1st stage Capturing demonstration

Project Information

FALCon

Grant agreement ID: 821953

DOI 10.3030/821953

Project closed

EC signature date 26 February 2019

Start date 1 March 2019

End date 30 November 2022

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Total cost € 2 599 226,25

EU contribution € 2 599 226,25

Coordinated by

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV
Germany

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Public Web-Site

Public Web-site for information exchange

Documents, reports (6)

Technical Report on different RLV return modes' Performances

Full-scale towing aircraft selection and modification analysis

In-Air-Capturing Development Roadmap (State of Art)

Report on cost effectiveness of In-Air-Capturing

Scaled Experiment Scenario Description

- description to characterize the scaled demonstration. - The different roles and the principal communication during the formation and the capturing maneuver are defined - key parameters like maximum altitudes and speed bands are set.

Lecture Series publication

Lecture series on RLV return methods Focus on inaircapturing procedures

Transfer of the scaled design to a real concept

Sizing of the capturingcoupling device transfer of speed range Flow field analysis based on CFD simulation of the three vehicles in flight formation

In-Air-Capturing Development Roadmap (Update)

Shows progress towards State of the Art

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Built up Open Research Data Pilot for Dissemination

Dissimination httpswwwopenaireeuwhatistheopenresearchdatapilot

Publications

Conference proceedings (16)

RLV-Return Mode “In-Air-Capturing” and Definition of its Development Roadmap

Author(s): Martin Sippel, Sven Stappert, Sunayna Singh
Published in: 2022
Publisher: 9TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SCIENCES (EUCASS)

Study on future European winged reusable launchers

Author(s): Steffen Callsen, Sven Stappert, Martin Sippel
Published in: 2022
Publisher: 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)

Developing an innovative and high-performance method for recovering reusable launcher stages: The in-air-capturing method

Author(s): Sven Stappert, Sunayna Singh, Martin Sippel
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Deutscher Luft- und Ramfahrtkongress 2022

UAV Pre-Study for In-Air-Capturing Maneuver

Author(s): Stefan Krause ; Sebastian Cain
Published in: 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2020, ISBN 978-1-7281-2734-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/aero47225.2020.9172769

Control Design and Analysis of a Capturing Device Performing In-Air Capturing of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

Author(s): Sunayna Singh, Madalin Simioana, Sven Stappert, Martin Sippel, Sophia Buckingham, Silvania Lopes, Yakut Cansev Kucukosman3
Published in: 2022
Publisher: 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)

A Full-Scale Simulation and Analysis of Formation Flight during In-Air Capturing

Author(s): Singh, Sunayna; Stappert, Sven; Bussler, Leonid; Sippel, Martin; Kucukosman, Yakut Cansev; Buckingham, Sophia
Published in: Issue 7, 2021
Publisher: 72nd International Astronautical Congress

INTRODUCTION TO THE LS AND FALCON SYSTEMS DEFINITION AND REQUIREMENTS

Author(s): Sippel, Martin
Published in: VKI Lecture Series, Issue 14, 2022
Publisher: VKI

Overview of a planned flight test operation for a scaled in-air capturing demonstration

Author(s): Krause, Stefan; Cain, Sebastian; Funke, Alexander; Ferrándiz, Mario; González, Joaquín
Published in: Issue 9, 2022
Publisher: 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)

High-Performance, Partially Reusable Launchers for Europe

Author(s): Sippel, Martin; Stappert, Sven; Bussler, Leonid; Callsen, Steffen
Published in: Issue 16, 2020
Publisher: IAF

Powerful & Flexible Future Launchers in 2- or 3-stage Configuration

Author(s): Sippel, Martin; Stappert, Sven; Bussler, Leonid; Messe, Christian
Published in: Issue 5, 2019
Publisher: 70th International Astronautical Congress

A Superposition Approach to Aerodynamic Modelling of a Capturing Device used for In-Air Capturing of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

Author(s): Sunayna Singh, Leonid Bussler, Steffen Callsen, Sven Stappert, Silvania Lopes, Sophia Buckingham
Published in: 2022
Publisher: 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)

Simulation and Analysis of Pull-Up Manoeuvre during In-Air Capturing of a Reusable Launch Vehicle

Author(s): Sunayna Singh, Leonid Bussler, Sven Stappert, Martin Sippel,Yakut Cansev Kucukosman, Sophia Buckingham
Published in: 2022
Publisher: 9th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)

Highly Efficient RLV-Return Mode “In-Air-Capturing”Progressing by Preparation of Subscale Flight Tests

Author(s): Martin Sippel, Sven Stappert, Leonid Bussler, Stefan Krause, Sebastian Cain, Javier Espuch, Sophia Buckingham, Valentin Penev
Published in: 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS), 2019
Publisher: 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS)
DOI: 10.13009/eucass2019-750

DYNAMIC MODELLING AND CONTROL OF AN AERODYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED CAPTURING DEVICE FOR ‘IN-AIR-CAPTURING’ OF A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE

Author(s): Singh, Sunayna; Stappert, Sven; Buckingham, Sophia; Lopes, Silvania; Kucukosman, Yakut Cansev; Simioana, Madalin; Pripasu, Mihai; Wiegand, Andreas; Sippel, Martin; Planquart, Philippe
Published in: Issue 9, 2021
Publisher: 11th International ESA Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems

Powerful & Flexible Future Launchers in 2- or 3-stage Configuration

Author(s): Martin Sippel, Sven Stappert, Leonid Bussler, Christian Messe
Published in: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, Issue Volume 2019-October, 2019, 2019, Page(s) Article number IAC-19_D2_4_8_x53371
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation, IAF

Concept 4: A Reusable Heavy-Lift Winged Launch Vehicle using the In-Air-Capturing Method

Author(s): Sven Stappert, Martin Sippel, Steffen Callsen, Leonid Bussler
Published in: 2022
Publisher: International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science Technology (HiSST)

Other (4)

https://www.falcon-iac.eu/

Author(s): Martin Sippel, Nele Vormschlag
Published in: 2019
Publisher: DLR

Scaled Experiment Scenario Description

Author(s): Bussler, Leonid; Stappert, Sven; Krause, Stefan; Cain, Sebastian; Strikert, Gordon
Published in: Issue 1, 2020
Publisher: DLR

Technical Report on different RLV return modes’ Performances

Author(s): Sippel, Martin; Stappert, Sven; Simioana, Madalin
Published in: Issue 3, 2021
Publisher: DLR

In-Air-Capturing Development Roadmap (State of the Art)

Author(s): Sippel, Martin; Stappert, Sven
Published in: Issue 12, 2020
Publisher: DLR

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Full-scale simulation and analysis of formation flight during in-air-capturing of a winged reusable launch vehicle

Author(s): Singh, Sunayna; Stappert, Sven; Bussler, Leonid; Sippel, Martin; Kucukosman, Yakut Cansev; Buckingham, Sophia
Published in: Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Issue Volume 9, Issue 4, 2022, Page(s) 541-552, ISSN 2468-8967
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsse.2022.09.005