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.
High altitude decelerator systems
AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference ; 1989 ; Cocoa Beach, FL, United States
1989-01-01
Conference paper
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English
High altitude decelerator systems
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