Some Subsystems of Payload S29
Abstract
The S29 sounding rocket is described. A launch from Esrange is planned for March or April 1979. The payload has a total weight of 193 kg and will be launched to an apogee altitude of 405 km with a Nike-Black Brant VC rocket. Some technically interesting subsystems are described including: a split nose cone, radially and forward deployable booms, which are cheap and simple, yet permit repeated testing, a yoyo device to introduce deliberate coning automatically released at the desired roll angle using magnetometer signals, and a mechanism for forward separation on ground command, of a Barium shaped charge.
- Publication:
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European Sounding Rocket, Balloon and Related Research, with Emphasis on Experiments at High Latitudes
- Pub Date:
- June 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978ESASP.135..441A
- Keywords:
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- Nike Rocket Vehicles;
- Payloads;
- Rocket Nose Cones;
- Sounding Rockets;
- Apogees;
- Booms (Equipment);
- Magnetometers;
- Rocket Launching;
- Sweden;
- Yo-Yo Devices;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles