VIPEr
VIPEr
Vensuian In-Atmosphere Phosphine Explorer
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For my senior design project, I am a part of VIPEr, the Venusian In-Atmosphere Phosphine Explorer. VIPEr is a mission to Venus consisting of 4 atmospheric entry probes which will search for Phosphine in the 50-65 km equatorial band, and a 12U orbiter which will act as a communications relay between probes and Deep Space Network ground stations.
Across the VIPEr mission, I worked as cognizant engineer for launch vehicle engineering, orbiter and entry probe guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), entry probe aerodynamics, and spacecraft architecture.
Launch Vehicle Engineering
Launch vehicle selection can be found below. Equations are from Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, 2nd Edition.
Launch Vehicle Engineering.pdfGNC / Spacecraft Architecture
GNC and Spacecraft architecture can be found below. Moments of inertia were calcuated using VIPEr assembly models in SolidWorks
GNC and Architecture.pdfEntry Probe Aerodynamics
Entry Probe descent rate calculation can be found below. Zero horizontal velocity was assumed.
AJ Probe Rates.pdfPage updated
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