Hybrid propulsion Mars Ascent Vehicle concept flight performance analysis

A high-fidelity simulation of a conceptual Mars Ascent Vehicle has been developed for end-to-end performance evaluation. The simulation environment is the Dynamics Simulator for Entry, Descent and Surface landing (DSENDS). The simulation work includes the modeling of the multi-body components, Martian environment, flight software and mission timeline. Using this simulation environment, the end-to-end MAV flight performance is evaluated, both in the nominal scenario and in perturbed off-nominal scenarios where model uncertainties are taken into account.