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词条 Space RIDER
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  1. History

  2. Design

     Landing 

  3. Preliminary specifications

  4. See also

  5. References

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The Space RIDER (Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return) is a planned uncrewed orbital spaceplane aiming to provide the European Space Agency (ESA) with affordable and routine access to space.[1] Its expected maiden flight is for late 2021.[2][5]

Development of Space RIDER is being led by the Italian PRIDE programme in collaboration with ESA, and is the continuation of the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) experience,[3][11] launched on 11 February 2015. The cost of this phase, not including the launcher, is at least $36.7 million.[12]

History

The European Space Agency has a program called Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP), which made a call for submissions for a reusable spaceplane.[4] One of the submissions was by the Italian Space Agency, that presented their own Programme for Reusable In-orbit Demonstrator in Europe (PRIDE program) which went ahead to develop the precursor called Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) and the resulting Space RIDER.[3]

Funding was initially approved by the ESA in 2016, with the project being led by the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA).[5] Thales Alenia Space and Lockheed Martin were tasked with completing the design by 2019. In November 2017, the ESA provided funding to Thales Alenia Space and Avio to build reentry and service modules, respectively.[6] The European Space Agency has designated the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) and Thales Alenia Space–Italia as co-prime contractors, which in turn manage a consortium of more than 20 European company operating in the space sector.[3] The Italian Space Agency subsequently contracted with Virgin Galactic for a suborbital research flight on SpaceShipTwo for research related to Space RIDER.[7]

In April 2018, ESA released an Announcement of Opportunity to fly small payloads onboard Space Rider's maiden flight.[8] On completion of the two-month long mission, Space RIDER will return to Earth with the payloads stowed in its cargo bay.[8] This qualification flight of Space RIDER will take place in late 2021,[9] followed by several missions to demonstrate a range of capabilities and orbits, before handing over the project to the private sector.[9] By 2025, the ESA plans to privatise the Space RIDER, with Arianespace the likely operator.[10]

Design

The Space RIDER design inherits technology developed for the earlier Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, also within the Programme for Reusable In-orbit Demonstrator in Europe (PRIDE).[3][5][6] The design team considered the trade-offs of using only a lifting body and also using optional wings or vertical fins.[11] It was then decided in 2017 that the design should optimise the internal volume of the Vega rocket fairing, so its aerodynamic shape will be a simple lifting body, as tested on its predecessor, the IXV.[11] 3-axis control is achieved by the use of rear flaps.[11]

Space RIDER will have the potential to allow experiments in microgravity, such as exposure of materials to outer space and in-orbit validation of technologies, as well as deployment of small satellites.[8] Its service module is a modified version of the Vega-C AVUM+, which will extend the time that can be spent in orbit by at least two months before Space RIDER returns with its cargo to Earth to land on the ground.[12] The re-entry module itself is a testbed for entry technologies as the IXV precursor was, so future improvements are envisioned,[13] including point-to-point flights, even "space tourism".[5]

In 2019, some parafoil guided landing tests will be performed by dropping a full-scale model from helicopters or balloons.[5]

Space RIDER is designed to launch atop the Vega-C rocket,[10][2] and its maiden flight will be from the French Guiana in 2021, to land on a runway on Santa Maria Island, in the Azores.[10] The spacecraft is designed to conduct missions up to two months long in low Earth orbit with up to 800 kg of cargo.[2][39] Activities for Phase-B2/C, covering the preliminary design review and the critical design review, started on 25 January 2018.[14]

Landing

Upon atmospheric entry, the lifting body shape will decelerate the spacecraft to subsonic speed (below Mach 0.8), when one or two drogue parachute will be deployed at about 15-12 km altitude to slow it further (to Mach 0.18 - 0.22)[15] Then, a controllable gliding parachute called parafoil will be deployed to begin the controlled descent phase for a nearly horizontal touchdown (≈35 m/s) using no wheels.[15] The landing concept is similar to the NASA X-38 landing system.[15]

For orbits with inclination > 37°, landings will be performed at the Portuguese Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago. For lower inclination missions, French Guiana and Dutch Curaçao are being considered.[2]

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Preliminary specifications

Space Rider Parameter/units
Crew None (robotic only)
Length 4.4|m|ft|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}[5]
Payload volume ≥ 1.2 m3
Mass 3000|kg|abbr=on}} [2]
Payload mass 800|kg|lbs|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}[2][15]
Flight time At least 2 months[12]
Landing mass 1,900 to 2,550 kg [15]
Landing accuracy 150 m [15]
Landing speeds Horizontal: 35 m/s; vertical: 3 m/s [15]
Parachute deployment shock < 4 g [15]
Power 600 W [2]
Reusability 6 flights [2]
Turnaround time < 6 months [2]

See also

  • Boeing X-37, a winged spaceplane by the U.S. Air Force
  • Dream Chaser, a private lifting body spaceplane
  • Hermes (spaceplane), CNES/ESA spaceplane concept from 1975
  • List of spaceplanes

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Space Rider|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation/Space_Rider|website=ESA|publisher=ESA|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
2. ^10 11 12  {{cite web |url=https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/space_transportation/Space_Rider_factsheet_HiRes_ok.pdf |title=SPACE RIDER |format=PDF |publisher=ESA |access-date=2018-11-16}}
3. ^[https://www.cira.it/en/space/accesso-allo-spazio-satelliti-ed-esplorazione/pride/Space%20Rider%20PRIDE Space RIDER PRIDE]. Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA). Accessed: 15 November 2018.
4. ^[https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation/New_milestone_in_IXV_development New milestone in IXV development]. ESA. 15 September 2010.
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Coppinger|first1=Rob|title=The reusable spaceplane launched inside a rocket|url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170411-the-reusable-spaceplane-launched-inside-a-rocket|accessdate=19 December 2017|publisher=BBC|date=11 April 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news|last1=Henry|first1=Caleb|title=ESA pours $107 million into Vega E and a reusable spaceplane|url=http://spacenews.com/esa-pours-107-million-into-vega-e-and-a-reusable-spaceplane/|accessdate=19 December 2017|publisher=Space News|date=30 November 2017}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Foust|first1=Jeff|title=Virgin Galactic signs SpaceShipTwo research flight deal with Italian space agency|url=http://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-signs-spaceshiptwo-research-flight-deal-with-italian-space-agency/|accessdate=19 December 2017|publisher=Space News|date=19 December 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/04/12/announcement-opportunity-fly-payloads-esas-space-rider/ |title=Announcement of Opportunity to Fly Payloads on ESA's Space Rider |work=Parabolic Arc |first=Doug |last=Messier |access-date=23 August 2018}}
9. ^ [https://spacenews.com/esa-targets-2021-for-space-rider-demo-flight/ ESA targets 2021 for Space Rider demo flight]. Tereza Pultarova, Space News. 13 November 2018.
10. ^{{cite news|last1=Coppinger|first1=Rob|title=ESA aims to privatize Space Rider unmanned spaceplane by 2025|url=http://spacenews.com/esa-aims-to-privatize-space-rider-unmanned-spaceplane-by-2025/|accessdate=19 December 2017|publisher=Space News|date=22 June 2017}}
11. ^[https://www.eucass.eu/doi/EUCASS2017-416.pdf Aeroshape Trade-Off and Aerodynamic Analysis of the Space-Rider Vehicle]. (PDF) M. Marini, M. Di Clemente, G. Guidotti, G. Rufolo, O. Lambert, N. Joiner, D. Charbonnier, M.V. Pricop, M.G. Cojocaru, D. Pepelea, C. Stoica, and A. Denaro. 7th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (EUCASS). 2017.
12. ^[https://phys.org/news/2018-11-focus-vega.html Focus on Vega developments]. European Space Agency. Published by PhysOrg on 26 November 2018.
13. ^[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319980436_Mission_and_GNC_Challenges_from_IXV_to_Space_Rider Mission and GNC Challenges from IXV to Space Rider.] Rodrigo Haya Ramos, Davide Bonetti. Research Gate. Conference: Fourteenth International Planetary Probe Workshop, At The Hague, The Netherlands. June 2017.
14. ^[https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/space-rider.htm Space Rider]. Gunter's Space Page.
15. ^ [https://www.eucass.eu/doi/EUCASS2017-624.pdf Conceptual Design of the Descent Subsystem for the Safe Atmospheric Re-Entry Flight of Space Rider]. (PDF) {{doi|10.13009/EUCASS2017-624}} Alessandro Balossino, Luciano Battocchio, Matteo Giacci, Giuseppe Guidotti, Giuseppe Rufolo, Angelo Denaro, Nicola Paletta. Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali. 2017.
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