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

Invocon’s Remote Power Control (RPC) Remote Ground Support Equipment (RGSE) provides for power control and monitoring for Avionics or Flight Termination System (FTS) payloads. This includes system monitoring, power switching (e.g., internal/external, on/off), and battery maintenance as well as RS422 communications all through the vehicle’s UMBI(s). The rack is controlled remotely via direct Ethernet connection or through a fiber optic converter for extended range.

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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