A balloon having a descent decelerator includes an atmospheric balloon and a descent decelerator coupled with the atmospheric balloon. The descent decelerator includes a canopy spread along the upper portion of the atmospheric balloon. The canopy coupled to the atmospheric balloon with a plurality of canopy tethers at a canopy perimeter of the canopy and at a balloon perimeter of the balloon body. In a deflation configuration the canopy fills as the balloon descends and the canopy tethers suspend the atmospheric balloon from the canopy.
BALLOON DESCENT DECELERATOR
2016-06-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft |
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