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. The payload was launched by a second stage Minuteman rocket to an altitude of about 300 miles above sea level.
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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