The sensor is for energizing an electrical circuit at a predetermined time or elevation after re-entry of a space vehicle into the earth's atmosphere. In an embodiment, the heat sensitive element is a predetermined thickness of the ablation material of which the nose is constructed. The ablation material has a rate of disintegration that is very closely predictable so that after a predetermined amount of ablation, a switch within the vehicle nose is actuated to energize the electrical circuit.
Space Vehicle Reentry Sensor
1965
1 pages
Report
No indication
English
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