1. Why chose Atmospheric Re-Entry
By James Emerson Parkus

2. Never been performed but missions have been developed
There are 2 missions that have been created and 1 that has been written about, it’s a project proposal by E. Venkatapathy
CORVUS
Developed from University of Texas at Austin by James Furlong
RICE
Developed at Georgia Tech, in association with NASA and Elojet
Nano-ADEPT
Written and Created by E. Venkatapathy

3. Feasibility Launch to ISS
Launch from ISS with highly eccentric orbit so it intersects with earth’s surface
Center of Drag and Center of Gravity will be oriented specifically to orient the CubeSat in certain direction during Atmospheric Re-Entry
A honeycomb structure will be used for carbon phenolic to provide impact absorption upon landing
Landing force can range from 180 to 250 G’s
Embedded TPS Sensors will capture: Heat Flux, Peak Heat Load, Peak heating point, velocity, acceleration
Carbon Phenolic Heat Shield
Can be made “in-house” at composites lab
“Dirt-Cheap” – according to Professor Charlie Eastwood
2-D Trajectory is in final stages of development, but still has work to be done for code optimization
MATLAB/Simulink

4. Unique Honeycomb structure for high impact landing
No other project has entered the CLSI “competition”, so we could be the first
Would create new pathways for biological experiments, or any experiment that must be returned to earth for laboratory analysis
Non-mechanical Structure

5. Current stage The 2-D trajectory code is coming along
Multiple problems and bugs have been solved
One persisting problem is a reciprocal of variable with 0 magnitude, resulting in an undefined value
Carbon Phenolic Heat Shield will be discussed with several professor during the summer (early summer)
If project is continued with, it will hopefully be developed by the end of the summer
Solidworks model
Heat shield is modeled (with moderate precision)
Main body has not been developed (due to complexity and my level of proficiency)