Rocket system for development testing of a retardation parachute for a supersonic store
Conference
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OSTI ID:5468852
A solid-propellant rocket booster system has been developed to support the development testing of a parachute system for the supersonic retardation of an 800-lb store. The parachute deployment flight condition requirements ranged from a dynamic pressure of 1800 psf to 4400 psf with a corresponding Mach number of 1.3 to 2.3. Also, this development testing was supported by the design and development of a small ''tractor'' (pulling type) rocket motor which affected the required rapid and symmetrical deployment of the parachute in the supersonic flight environment. A data reduction procedure was developed to combine payload accelerometer data with the optical or radar track to enhance the accuracy of the flight environment parameters during parachute deployment and the extreme deceleration phase.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5468852
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-86-0585C; ON: DE86014728
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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