The FLAME payload was designed to recover reentry vehicle nosetips after subjecting them to ICBM-level reentry environments. The payload is a two-stage solid propellant rocket fired towards the earth, after being dropped from an F4 aircraft at 60,000 feet. The payload employs a unique two-stage hypersonic decelerator system for nosetip recovery. A total of eight (8) flight tests were performed. (Author)
Flame Nosetip Recovery Vehicle Flight Test Series
1978
91 pages
Report
No indication
English
Missile Warheads & Fuses , Parachutes & Decelerators , Nose tips , Recovery vehicles , Drogue parachutes , Deceleration , Hypersonic flight , Flight testing , Jettisonable equipment , Reentry vehicles , Atmosphere entry , Simulation , Air launched , High altitude , Payload , Recovery , Solid propellant rocket engines , FLAME(Fighter Launched Advanced Material Experiment) , MJD(Mass Jettison Drogues) , Reentry vehicle performance , F-4 aircraft
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