ATMOSPHERE REENTRY AND LANDING DEVICE FOR A ROCKET STAGE AND METHOD FOR THE REENTRY OF A ROCKET STAGE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE

    公开(公告)号:US20240158102A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18283000

    申请日:2022-03-11

    申请人: SEBASTIAN KLAUS

    发明人: SEBASTIAN KLAUS

    IPC分类号: B64G1/00 B64G1/22 B64G1/62

    摘要: An atmosphere reentry and landing device for a safe reentry of a rocket stage into the atmosphere and for a safe splashdown thereof. The device includes a ballute which is folded in a first state and unfolded in a second state, a shrouding mechanism which carries out a shrouding of the rocket stage with the ballute, a filling mechanism, and a control unit which controls the shrouding mechanism and the filling mechanism. The ballute is disposed on the rocket stage so that an aerodynamics thereof is not compromised in the first state. The ballute substantially shrouds the rocket stage in the second state. During reentry into the atmosphere, the filling mechanism fills the ballute in the second state with air or a gas from a boundary layer which is created between a plasma formed in front of a surface of the device and the surface of the device.