A centre of excellence for aerospace systems, engineering consultancy and space systems development, specialising in entry, descent and landing systems for space vehicles.
During September 2012 , Vorticity tested parachutes at speeds between Mach 1.6 and 2.2 as part of a research programme for the European Space Agency. The objective of the tests, carried out at the NRC Trisonic Wind Tunnel in Ottawa, Canada, was to improve knowledge of parachutes which could be used for future Mars landings and Earth return missions.
On 10th October 2012, the team at Vorticity Ltd. successfully performed a low-altitude drop test of their in-house designed and built test vehicle. The test qualified the design of one of the parachutes that will be used on ESA’s 2016 ExoMars Mission during atmospheric entry.
Vorticity was recently selected to prime a European Space Agency study in the scope of their MREP program to characterise subsonic parachutes for Mars operation. The program will comprise wind tunnel and high and low altitude free flight tests of a range of parachute designs and scales. Both inflation and descent aerodynamics will be analysed. Selected tests will subsequently be matched using CFD/FSI. The first high altitude sub-scale test was successfully carried out in May 2012.
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