A Mid-Air Retrieval System (MARS) for parachute-borne payloads has been evaluated and made operational at Wallops Flight Center. The evaluation indicated that the Skyvan is a near-optimum aerial retrieval platform from the standpoints of safety, reliability and economy. The system is presently capable of retrieving parachute-borne payloads launched by rockets and balloons weighing from 10 to 325 pounds as far as 250 n mi from Wallops. Its payload retrieval capability could be increased to as much as 1000 pounds.


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    Titel :

    Evaluation and operation of Wallops Flight Center Mid-Air Retrieval System on a Skyvan aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    Young, D. C. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Sounding Rocket Technology Conference ; 1976 ; Boston, MA


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1976-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Telemetry Computer System at Wallops Flight Center

    Bell, H. / Strock, J. | NTRS | 1980


    Turbo-skyvan

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1964


    Skyvan Light Freighter

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1963