Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The work presented in this paper regards the improvement of a housekeeping system for data acquisition of a suborbital vehicle (VIRIATO rocket or launcher). The specifications regarding the vehicle are presented and hardware is chosen accordingly, considering commercial off-the-shelf components. Mechanical and thermal simulations are performed regarding the designed system and a physical prototype is manufactured, assembled and programmed. Functional and field test results resorting to unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as the system’s integration within VIRIATO project’s mock-up vehicle, are presented. These tests demonstrate the viability of this system as an independent data acquisition system, and simulation results show that commercial off-the-shelf components have the capability of surviving expected launch environments.
DOI: 10.3390/jsan13060074
Institutions: University of Lisbon, LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior Técnico Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, University of Beira Interior, Aeronautics and Astronautics Research Center, University of Évora, Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa, Uninova, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,273
OpenAlex ID: W4404039702