Reentry Breakup Recorder – Wireless Temperature Sensor (REBR-W)

Invocon’s Wireless Temperature Sensor system was developed for integration into The Aerospace Corporation’s Reentry Breakup Recorder (REBR-W). The REBR-W is an enhanced wireless version of the REBR instrument that gathers temperature data from distributed remote sensor nodes throughout a reentering spacecraft. Invocon defined, produced, and tested the integrated wireless sensor solution, leveraging over 25 wireless sensor system designs developed for NASA on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station to measure temperature, vibration, shock, and pressure.

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Key Specifications

Specification
Value
Measurement Parameter
Temperature (high-temperature capable sensors)
Data Handling
Remote nodes measure and transmit to REBR-W; REBR-W stores data and transmits to ground post-reentry via the REBR satellite communications.

Key Features

  • Distributed Wireless Sensor Architecture

    Multiple remotely mounted sensor nodes transmit temperature data from locations throughout the spacecraft to the central REBR-W unit, eliminating wiring across structural panels.

  • High-Temperature Measurement Capability

    Sensor nodes use high-temperature-rated sensors positioned to capture temperature data through the extreme thermal environment of reentry.

  • NASA ISS and Shuttle Heritage

    Draws on Invocon’s 25+ wireless sensor system designs developed for NASA, providing a proven and mission-validated technology base.

Typical Applications

  • Reentry Hazard Prediction Studies

    Provides distributed temperature data to improve models of spacecraft breakup behavior and debris hazard prediction.

  • Reentry Breakup Research

    Characterizes thermal profiles across the host vehicle’s structure during atmospheric reentry to expand understanding of breakup phenomena.

  • ISS Visiting Vehicle Instrumentation

    Installed on cargo vehicles docking with the ISS and intentionally deorbited at end of mission for reentry data collection.

  • Spacecraft Deorbit Planning

    Data supports planning for controlled and uncontrolled reentries by validating thermal and breakup models.

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