Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing
The work presented in this paper regards the improvement of a housekeeping system for data acquisition of a suborbital vehicle (VIRIATO rocket or launcher). The specifications regarding the vehicle are presented and hardware is chosen accordingly, considering commercial off-the-shelf components. Mec...
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| author | Geraldo Rodrigues Beltran Arribas Rui Melicio Paulo Gordo Duarte Valério João Casaleiro André Silva |
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| description | The work presented in this paper regards the improvement of a housekeeping system for data acquisition of a suborbital vehicle (VIRIATO rocket or launcher). The specifications regarding the vehicle are presented and hardware is chosen accordingly, considering commercial off-the-shelf components. Mechanical and thermal simulations are performed regarding the designed system and a physical prototype is manufactured, assembled and programmed. Functional and field test results resorting to unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as the system’s integration within VIRIATO project’s mock-up vehicle, are presented. These tests demonstrate the viability of this system as an independent data acquisition system, and simulation results show that commercial off-the-shelf components have the capability of surviving expected launch environments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-95282b6deb024408ab63b546dc6bcf5a2025-08-20T02:53:19ZengMDPI AGJournal of Sensor and Actuator Networks2224-27082024-11-011367410.3390/jsan13060074Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and TestingGeraldo Rodrigues0Beltran Arribas1Rui Melicio2Paulo Gordo3Duarte Valério4João Casaleiro5André Silva6Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande 016, 1749-016 Lisbon, PortugalLaboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande 016, 1749-016 Lisbon, PortugalInstituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)/Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalLaboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande 016, 1749-016 Lisbon, PortugalInstituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)/Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalUNINOVA-Centre of Technology and Systems (CTS), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-517 Caparica, PortugalAeronautics and Astronautics Research Cente (AEROG)/Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (LAETA), Universidade da Beira Interior, Calçada Fonte do Lameiro, 6200-358 Covilhã, PortugalThe work presented in this paper regards the improvement of a housekeeping system for data acquisition of a suborbital vehicle (VIRIATO rocket or launcher). The specifications regarding the vehicle are presented and hardware is chosen accordingly, considering commercial off-the-shelf components. Mechanical and thermal simulations are performed regarding the designed system and a physical prototype is manufactured, assembled and programmed. Functional and field test results resorting to unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as the system’s integration within VIRIATO project’s mock-up vehicle, are presented. These tests demonstrate the viability of this system as an independent data acquisition system, and simulation results show that commercial off-the-shelf components have the capability of surviving expected launch environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/13/6/74space launcheravionicshousekeeping systemtestingsensorsCAN bus |
| spellingShingle | Geraldo Rodrigues Beltran Arribas Rui Melicio Paulo Gordo Duarte Valério João Casaleiro André Silva Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks space launcher avionics housekeeping system testing sensors CAN bus |
| title | Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing |
| title_full | Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing |
| title_fullStr | Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing |
| title_short | Housekeeping System for Suborbital Vehicles: VIRIATO Mock-Up Vehicle Integration and Testing |
| title_sort | housekeeping system for suborbital vehicles viriato mock up vehicle integration and testing |
| topic | space launcher avionics housekeeping system testing sensors CAN bus |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/13/6/74 |
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