After 3.5 years of investigating Retro Propulsion Assisted Landing Technologies, the RETALT project has come to an end. We had our final meeting with the EU the 31st of August 2022 in Brussels. It was interesting, exciting and insightful to see all these technologies come together, to understand their details and their interactions. You can …
The next step towards re-usable launch vehicles: SALTO ! The HorizonEurope Project SALTO (reuSable strAtegic space Launcher Technologies & Operations) coordinated by the ArianeGroup has just been selected by the European Commission for funding. In this project first flight tests of the Themis demonstrator fired by Prometheus engines will be performed and crucial technologies for …
The RETALT Final Workshop will be organized during the FAR2022 meeting, to be held in Heilbronn, Germany, June 19-23, 2022. Details on the FAR meeting can be found on https://atpi.eventsair.com/far2022/. The RETALT project will prepare several sessions presenting the results of the project. In addition, the project will show different hardware in the exhibition booth, …
The RETALT PM6 Meeting was organized as a hybrid event on September 21+22, 2021 at MT Aerospace in Augsburg. People from DLR and CFS Engineering came to Augsburg, other partners joined via a teleconference.
– Launcher designed ✅– Aero-thermodynamics investigated ✅– Flight dynamics and GNC validated ✅– TPS and Mechanisms developed ✅ Now we need to ensure that the #Structures of the reusable launcher ?♻️ will withstand the thermal and mechanical loads ?⚙️?? for a safe flight mission #Space #RETALT #Reusability #H2020 #RetroPropulsion #VTVL #Technologies #AerodynamicControlSurfaces #Structures
For a safe flight back to earth ↗️↘️? of a reusable launcher ?♻️? , Aerodynamic Control Surfaces are required to control the descent trajectory, and these control surfaces are deployed and oriented thanks to complex and reliable #Mechanisms investigated in the RETALT project. Discover these #Mechanisms and watch the movie ?️ of the deployment sequence …
The reusability ♻️ of a launcher strongly depends on the state in which it is recovered after a flight ?↗️↘️?. The Thermal Protection System is therefore a key element in the design of a reusable launcher, and the characteristics of the TPS are studied ?? in #RETALT project. Don’t miss the movie ?️ of experimental …
Subsonic, supersonic, hypersonic… All these flying regimes need to be investigated by means of CFD simulations to improve the #aerodynamics of the launcher ? and the efficiency of its control surfaces. #Space#RETALT#Reusability#H2020#RetroPropulsion#Technologies#VTVL#CFD#Aerodynamics
The two configurations ? investigated in RETALT will face very hot conditions ? during re-entry or retro-propulsion maneuvers.It’s therefore crucial to know the thermal loads in order to properly design the Thermal Protection Systems. #Space#RETALT#Reusability#H2020#RetroPropulsion#Technologies#VTVL#CFD#Aerothermodynamics
This week, learn more about Flight Dynamics as well as Guidance, Navigation and Control which are key technologies for a safe flight mission ?, from launch ↗️ to landing ↘️♻️ Technologies investigated by Deimos Space, partner of the RETALT project. #Space#RETALT#Reusability#H2020#RetroPropulsion#Technologies#VTVL#FlightDynamics#GNC