The Filament Wound Case (FWC) solid rocket boosters, developed for Space Shuttle launches from the West coast, are substantially lighter than their steel case counterparts, but present unique recovery system challenges due to their aft center of gravity location. This causes them to re-enter in a tail-first attitude, rather than broadside like the steel case boosters, resulting in much higher dynamic pressure at deployment. This paper outlines the differences in recovery conditions, and describes the design, development, and testing of new parachutes to meet this challenging new requirement.


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    Titel :

    Design and development of high strength parachutes for recovery of Filament Wound Case Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters


    Beteiligte:
    Corwin, R. A. (Autor:in) / Woodis, W. R. (Autor:in) / Reuter, J. R. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1986-10-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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