AEROFAST

AEROcapture for Future spAce tranSporTation

 Coordinatore AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS 

 Organization address address: 51-61 Route de Verneuil
city: LES MUREAUX
postcode: 78130

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Philippe
Cognome: Tamarelle
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 5 56573073
Fax: +33 5 56573284

 Nazionalità Coordinatore France [FR]
 Sito del progetto http://www.aerofast.eu
 Totale costo 2˙985˙856 €
 EC contributo 1˙924˙374 €
 Programma FP7-SPACE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
 Code Call FP7-SPACE-2007-1
 Funding Scheme CP
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-01-01   -   2011-09-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

 Organization address address: 51-61 Route de Verneuil
city: LES MUREAUX
postcode: 78130

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Philippe
Cognome: Tamarelle
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 5 56573073
Fax: +33 5 56573284

FR (LES MUREAUX) coordinator 536˙456.00
2    DEIMOS ENGENHARIA S.A.

 Organization address address: AVENIDA D JOAO II LOTE 1 17 01 Torre Zen 10
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1998023

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Miguel
Cognome: Bello Mora
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 91 806 34 50
Fax: +34 91 806 34 51

PT (LISBOA) participant 380˙324.00
3    SAMTECH SA

 Organization address address: RUE DES CHASSEURS ARDENNAIS 8
city: ANGLEUR
postcode: 4031

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Alain
Cognome: Godon
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 4 3616969
Fax: +32 4 3616980

BE (ANGLEUR) participant 186˙250.00
4    AMORIM CORK COMPOSITES SA

 Organization address address: Rua de Meladas 260
city: MOZELOS VFR
postcode: 4536 902

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Alexandre
Cognome: Pereira
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 22 747 53 00
Fax: +351 22 747 53 01

PT (MOZELOS VFR) participant 149˙744.00
5    OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES

 Organization address address: Avenue de la Division Leclerc 29
city: CHATILLON
postcode: 92322

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Thierry
Cognome: Stoltz
Email: send email
Telefono: 33146733736
Fax: 33146734152

FR (CHATILLON) participant 143˙175.00
6    AIRBUS DS GMBH

 Organization address address: ROBERT KOCH STRASSE 1
city: TAUFKIRCHEN
postcode: 82024

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Georg
Cognome: Hampe
Email: send email
Telefono: 498961000000
Fax: 498961000000

DE (TAUFKIRCHEN) participant 140˙000.00
7    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA

 Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
city: ROMA
postcode: 185

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Antonella
Cognome: Cammisa
Email: send email
Telefono: 390650000000
Fax: 390650000000

IT (ROMA) participant 139˙650.00
8    FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

 Organization address address: CAMPO GRANDE C5 PISO 3
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1749016

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Olga
Cognome: Silveira
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 217 500 000
Fax: +351 217 500 166

PT (LISBOA) participant 67˙500.00
9    CENTRUM BADAN KOSMICZNYCH POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK

 Organization address address: BARTYCKA 18 A
city: WARSZAWA
postcode: 00 716

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Anna
Cognome: Kaminska
Email: send email
Telefono: 48228403766
Fax: 48228403131

PL (WARSZAWA) participant 50˙400.00
10    KYBERTEC S.R.O.

 Organization address address: TOVARNI 1112
city: CHRUDIM IV
postcode: 53701

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Oto
Cognome: Sladek
Email: send email
Telefono: 420609000000
Fax: 420470000000

CZ (CHRUDIM IV) participant 50˙000.00
11    SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

 Organization address address: UL ACAD GEORGI BONCHEV bl 1
city: SOFIA
postcode: 1113

contact info
Nome: Nikolov
Cognome: Hristo
Email: send email
Telefono: 35988

BG (SOFIA) participant 43˙375.00
12    INSTYTUT LOTNICTWA

 Organization address address: KRAKOWSKA 110/114
city: WARSZAWA
postcode: 02 256

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Zbigniew
Cognome: Wolejsza
Email: send email
Telefono: +48 22 846 3822
Fax: +48 22 868 5107

PL (WARSZAWA) participant 37˙500.00
13    "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVACAO"

 Organization address address: ESTRADA DO PACO DO LUMIAR 22
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1649-038

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Josa Manuel
Cognome: Rebordao
Email: send email
Telefono: -924343
Fax: -7165737

PT (LISBOA) participant 0.00

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coming    flight    space    fuel    drag    samples    groundwork    aerocapture    final    earth    missions    planetary    mass    cargo    leo    trl    heavy    core    return    travel    launch    put    mission    manned    back    atmospheric    insertion    slow    moon    humans    atmosphere    become    human    body    mars    demonstration    transportation    orbit    scientists    readiness    initial    aerofast    attractive    geo    payload    manoeuvre    propulsive    vehicles   

 Obiettivo del progetto (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.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

European scientists are developing more fuel efficient space travel, thereby allowing more room for crew and cargo. Manned missions bringing back heavy samples are the impetus.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Space vehicles travel at astonishingly high speeds. They use propulsive techniques (relying on the use of their propellants or fuels) to slow and guide them so they can be captured into orbit around a planetary body.

For any such body with an atmosphere, aerocapture is an attractive alternative. It is an orbit insertion technique that relies on atmospheric drag to decelerate a spacecraft and place it in its circular orbit. Aerocapture requires only a single pass with a brief corrective propulsive manoeuvre.

Although it has never been attempted, technology is coming to fruition having been studied and developed for over 20 years. It could save up to 30 % of payload mass at launch time by reducing fuel requirements. This is particularly important in heavy missions such as manned and sample-return missions (those in which samples are brought back to Earth).

These are already on the horizon for the Moon and Mars and will be necessary for docking and exchange missions between low-Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites. Thus, aerocapture is expected to become one of the core capabilities for planetary exploration.

A European consortium is raising the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for aerospace capture with EU funding of the 'Aerocapture for future space transportation' (Aerofast) project. The overarching project goal is to lay the groundwork (TRL of three or four) for a flight demonstration. Actual operational readiness requires a TRL of six.

Aerofast scientists made significant modifications to algorithms for planetary navigation and aerocapture and built test equipment to evaluate performance. They also demonstrated a prototype thermal protection system for such a mission and defined onboard instrumentation to be used in the recovery (descent) phase of aerocapture.

Aerocapture technology is complex and multidisciplinary and human lives will depend on its faultless operation. Aerofast is increasing the level of readiness for such technology by laying the groundwork for a demonstration mission. Its successful completion will bring the world one step closer to cost-effective, long-distance, heavy payload missions such as those with humans and cargo (sample return missions).

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