Theseparationofspacecraftcomponents,whichoccurineveryflight,representscrucialandmajoreventsthatmustbesuccessfullyexecutedtofulfillmissionrequirements.Separationsystemsvaryaswidelyinphysicalandfunctionalpropertiesastheperformancerequirementswhichtheymustsatisfy;however,mostsystemsusehelicalcompressionspringsasanenergysource.Thispapersummarizestheprincipaldesigncharacteristicsofseparationmechanismsandempiricaldataobtainedfromactualseparationsinspace.
Compression-Spring Separation Mechanisms
1st Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium ; 1966 ; Santa Clara, CA, US
1966-05-19
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