The Flight Test Aspects of the Air-Launched Balloon System (ALBS) Development Program
Description:
Abstract: The Air Launched Balloon System (ALBS) development history is traced and the circumstances leading up to planned ALBS flight tests are described, including a report on successful tests of the cryogenic storage subsystem. The theoretical performance of a candidate parachute development system--35-ft (10. 67 m) diameter ring sail drogue, 64-ft (19.51 m) diameter flat circular main chute--is mathematically analyzed using a number of stated assumptions. Contingency arrangements (e.g., use…
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Date:
August 30, 1976
Creator:
Carten, Andrew S., Jr.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department