High Altitude Decelerator Systems are used to provide a stable descending platform when deployed from a sounding rocket at altitudes greater than 40 kilometers allowing a scientific mission to be conducted in a specific altitude region. The High Altitude Decelerator is designed to provide a highly stable, high drag area system packed in a minimum volume to deploy successfully from a sounding rocket. Deployment altitudes greater than 100 kilometers have been successfully demonstrated at dynamic pressures as low as 0.004 pounds per square foot.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    High altitude decelerator systems


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference ; 1989 ; Cocoa Beach, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    High altitude decelerator systems

    SILBERT, MENDEL / MOLTEDO, A. / GILBERTSON, GAYLORD | AIAA | 1989


    High Altitude Supersonic Decelerator Test Vehicle

    Cook, Brant T. / Blando, Guillermo / Kennett, Andrew et al. | NTRS | 2013