1048. Flight Test of a Spin Parachute for Use With a Super Arcas Sounding Rocket
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Paper
Abstract
A specially configured 16.6-foot (5.1-meter) Disc Gap Band (DGB) Spin Parachute has been designed,
developed, integrated with a modified Super Arcas launch vehicle, and qualified by flight testing.
The total payload weight, which includes the Spin Parachute and a scientific payload, was 17.6
pounds (7.99 kg). Total liftoff weight was 100.3 pounds (45.54kg). The Super Arcas vehicle was
despun from 18.4cps, 127.3 seconds after launch. Payload separation occurred one second later at
an altitude of 244,170 feet (74.4km). The Spin Parachute and payload attained a maximum spin rate
of 2.4cps approximately 97 seconds after payload separation. The total suspended weight of the Spin
Parachute and payload was 14.64 pounds(6.65kg).
This Super Arcas vehicle contained several innovations which were necessary to provide mission support
for the scientific payload. These included the first despin of the Super Arcas vehicle and the first
high-altitude deployment of a Spin Parachute.
