The objective of this program was to determine the response of heatshield and antenna window materials in the SAMS/TATER ablation/erosion environment. One clear air and three weather flights were successfully launched during the FY76 SAMS/TATER Program. Heatshield and antenna windows were recovered from three of the flights and subjected to post-flight analysis. This report describes the materials that were tested, presents post-flight recession measurements and observations, and compares coupled ablation/erosion flight performance with 50 MW ablation only test data. (Author)
Hardened RV Development Program. Phase III. SAMS/TATER Heatshield/Antenna Window Flight Test Program
1977
60 pages
Report
No indication
English
Missile Trajectories & Reentry Dynamics , Reentry vehicles , Nose tips , Ablation , Erosion resistance , Heat shields , Antenna windows , Radiation hardening , Structural response , Flight testing , Composite materials , Carbon phenolic materials , Two dimensional , Three dimensional , Hardening(Spacecraft) , SAMS project , TATER rockets
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