The design and testing of a two-stage parachute system to recover a space telescope weighing up to 2000 pounds is described. The system consists of a 15-ft dia ribbon parachute reefed to 50% for 10 seconds and a 73-ft dia paraform or cross second stage reefed to 10% for 10 seconds. The results of eight drop tests and one operational rocket launched flight and recovery are presented. A successful operational recovery of a 1600-lb NASA space telescope was conducted at White Sands Missile Range, NM, in September 1980. The payload was launched by a second stage Minuteman rocket to an altitude of about 300 miles above sea level. An operational recovery of a 200-lb NASA space telescope is scheduled for April 4, 1981, at WSMR. (ERA citation 06:033639)
Development of the ARIES Parachute System
1981
11 pages
Report
No indication
English
Development of the ARIES parachute system
NTRS | 1981
|Development of the Aries Parachute System
NTIS | 1981
|Development of the Aries parachute system
NTRS | 1981
|Development of the ARIES Parachute System
AIAA | 1982
|Development of the Aries parachute system
AIAA | 1981
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