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Full-Scale Supersonic Parachute Shape Reconstruction Using Three-Dimensional Stereo Imagery

Jason Rabinovitch, G. S. Griffin, William Seto, Clara O’Farrell, Christopher L. Tanner, Ian G. Clark

2020Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets15 citationsDOI

Abstract

This paper describes three-dimensional (3D) stereo reconstruction efforts for the full-scale supersonic parachute deployment tests performed under the NASA Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) program. Specific time-resolved data products that have been generated for the ASPIRE tests and are presented in this work include parachute projected area, parachute vent-hole location, and parachute surface reconstruction (3D point clouds).

Topics & Concepts

Supersonic speedAerospace engineeringSoftware deploymentScale (ratio)Full scalePoint cloudComputer scienceGeologyEngineeringComputer visionPhysicsOperating systemQuantum mechanicsAerospace Engineering and Energy SystemsRobotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationRobotic Path Planning Algorithms