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Offline TrevorMonty

Re: Space Rider
« Reply #60 on: 07/30/2023 06:48 pm »
https://twitter.com/esa/status/1685228793286324224

Doesn't look like the future to me :-\.
Better than landing a capsule in sea under parachute that is at mercy of wind.

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #61 on: 08/01/2023 05:50 pm »
https://twitter.com/esa/status/1685228793286324224

Doesn't look like the future to me :-\.

It may be (too) long overdue, but a european return capability is certainly good to have, particularly for military technological demonstration. And who knows, if Space manufacturing ever turns out profitable Europe will have some transportation method between Space Ride/REV-1 and whatever  The exploration company will do.

Of course, this landing method can’t be scaled up too much.. X-38 was a bit over twice heavier and highlighted parafoil landing challenges.

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #62 on: 08/08/2023 06:53 am »

Doesn't look like the future to me :-\.

What's the issue with it, in your view?

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #63 on: 08/27/2023 06:16 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1695861591424573760

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An update on ESA’s Space Rider program, which has now begun its validation and testing phase ahead of an expected launch in 2025. 

Space Rider's Program Manager spoke with NSF's Bella (@bellaa_richards) to update on the program’s status:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/08/space-rider-update/

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #64 on: 12/26/2023 05:03 pm »
Space Rider Completes Initial Ground Segment Testing (European Spaceflight)

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Teams from Telespazio, ALTEC, and Thales Alenia Space have successfully completed the first ground segment tests for the European Space Agency’s reusable Space Rider spacecraft.

ESA’s Space Rider likely to launch third quarter of 2025, program manager says (NASASpaceflight.com)

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Space Rider was initially scheduled to complete its maiden flight in 2023, however, several delays have pushed the date back. According to Galli, the new target date is now the third quarter of 2025.


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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #65 on: 02/02/2024 08:40 am »
Space Rider spacecraft user guide update

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The new version of the Space Rider user guide collects all the updates since the project passed its critical design review last year, the final step before moving to production.

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The Space Rider manual provides an overview of the vehicle, its services and various mission scenarios. The manual gives users high-level knowledge and allows potential future users to plan for commercial mission opportunities. It is available to download, print and archive for anyone who wants to use the spacecraft in the future, or even if you just want to say you’ve read a spacecraft manual.

The document ends with details on the vehicle and technical aspects for the payloads.

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #66 on: 08/05/2024 12:25 pm »
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Future autonomous orbital laboratory Space Rider undergoes drop tests in Sardinia  🇮🇹
Dropped by helicopter from heights of 3.5 km, drogue chutes deployed to slow down the test model down to a safe speed to extract a parafoil that will allow the future spacecraft to be steered to a landing strip. The enormous paraglider is 27 m long and 10 m wide – around 10 times larger than a human parafoil – is controlled from ground to test the aerodynamics involved. The test model touched down in a soft landing as planned losing altitude at a slow 12 km/h. The Space Rider project is an uncrewed laboratory about the size of two minivans that will be able to stay in orbit for up to two months. @Thales_Alenia_S is the industrial lead for the tests and co-prime for the #SpaceRider programme. @MinisteroDifesa supports the test activities as part of a national effort to enhance its space capabilities and international collaboration in the sector.
https://twitter.com/ESA_transport/status/1820417873581396438
« Last Edit: 08/05/2024 08:53 pm by Mamut »

Re: Space Rider
« Reply #67 on: 11/07/2024 07:43 pm »
I'm taking this with a grain of salt, but the president of the Portuguese Space Agency said today that Space Rider's inaugural flight (NET 2027) will land in Santa Maria island (Azores).

Source: https://acores.rtp.pt/local/santa-maria-vai-receber-voo-inaugural-do-space-rider/ (I find no sources in English, sorry)
« Last Edit: 11/08/2024 12:16 am by ManaPreferida[7 »

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #68 on: 01/22/2025 02:11 am »
I'm taking this with a grain of salt, but the president of the Portuguese Space Agency said today that Space Rider's inaugural flight (NET 2027) will land in Santa Maria island (Azores).

Source: https://acores.rtp.pt/local/santa-maria-vai-receber-voo-inaugural-do-space-rider/ (I find no sources in English, sorry)

Looks like this is confirmed.

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The Portuguese Space Agency announced 8 November that the island of Santa Maria has been chosen as the landing site for the inaugural flight of Space Rider.

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The landing site for Space Rider’s inaugural flight was announced during the inauguration of the Portuguese Space Agency’s headquarters in Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria. The announcement was made by European Space Agency Flight Director Stefano Bianchi.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/santa-maria-to-be-landing-site-of-inaugural-space-rider-flight/ [Nov 9]

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #69 on: 01/22/2025 02:15 am »
ESA published this animation of Space Rider on November 25th on YouTube but was unlisted.


https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/11/Space_Rider_drone_inspection

In addition, hardware for the first Space Rider vehicle was delivered in December.

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Switzerland’s Beyond Gravity has delivered the ALEK structure for the European Space Agency’s reusable Space Rider spacecraft to the Service Module prime contractor Avio.

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Late last week, Beyond Gravity announced that it had delivered the ALEK structure for the first Space Rider vehicle.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/beyond-gravity-delivers-key-elements-of-esas-space-rider-vehicle/ [Dec 23]

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #70 on: 01/23/2025 10:44 am »
AVIO Linkedin [Jan 22]

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Space Rider ALEK has been shipped to the ESA/ESTEC facility!

✔️ The main structure is equipped and ready to start the UCMEC (Upper Composite MEChanics) system qualification test campaign, aimed at verifying the mechanical qualification of the Space Rider service module.

The tests are designed to achieve the mechanical qualification and confirm the loads that will be experienced by the various subsystems and equipment of ALEK during the launcher's ascent flight in the #SpaceRider mission. The tests will be conducted in a sequence that includes vibration tests, acoustic response and shock propagation.

🔙 At the end of the campaign in the Netherlands, which will last about three months, ALEK will return to Colleferro, where the installation of flight equipments and subsystems will begin on the same structure to complete the integration of the Space Rider service module destined for flight.

https://twitter.com/ESpaceflight/status/1881999702998335753

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Re: Space Rider
« Reply #71 on: 01/25/2025 11:16 pm »
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The next set of drop tests, expected to take place in spring 2025, will focus on characterizing the actual capability of the system and its ability to reach a specified target landing position. This testing phase will utilize a test article that is “representative of the mass and moment of inertia of the vehicle.”

In the third or fourth quarter of 2025, the agency will commence full-scale system drop tests, which will include a representative mockup of the Re-entry Module. This testing will validate the actual landing of the vehicle and its stability once landed.

The Vega C configuration that best fits this scenario is the one with the P160C first stage, and accordingly, the launch date is now set for 2027. The inaugural flight of Space Rider will carry a wide selection of payloads from both institutional and commercial customers. The current payload aggregate for Space Rider’s first flight includes 16 payloads, whose intended missions range from R&D and flight demonstration to microgravity experimentation for life sciences, physical sciences, Earth and deep space observation, and surrounding detection, satellite separation, proximity flight, and potentially re-entry into the cargo bay.

https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-member-states-to-vote-on-future-of-space-rider-in-november/

 

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