SPQR
The Small Payload Quick Return System (SPQR) As A Testbed for Future Planetary Probe Missions
June 22, 2012
Marcus S. Murbach (POC) NASA Ames Research Center
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Projected future upmass capability Projected future downmass capability
Introduc7on
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Corona style re-‐entry vehicle
Hot gas de-‐orbit system
SPQR Drag-‐assisted techniques
Sample De-‐orbit with β=1 (Jacchia-‐Roberts Atmospheric Model)
SPQR SPQR – Small Payload Quick Return
SPQR concept of opera7ons
SPQR Cold gas ISS payload return system
Earlier ISS Cold-‐gas Sample Return Capsule (SRC study)
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Sample SPQR Al7tude vs. Orbit/Time Plot
SPQR – Small Payload Quick Return
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TDRV deployment Deployment 134km May 2009 TDRV on board camera view
TDRV – Tube Deployed Re-‐entry Vehicle
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Phase Change Thermal Control Unit integrated module (model)
The SPQR cannister
SPQR Propulsive and Other De-‐orbit Op7ons
Cold gas concept Cygnus Piggy Back concept (courtesy Orbital Sciences Corp.)
SPQR Atromos Mars 2-‐point Network
