Design and Fabrication of Sounding Rocket Payloads.

Abstract

The report reviews work accomplished from February 1970 through May 1972 on the design, integration and launch support of high altitude sounding rocket payloads. Each payload undertaken or completed is described in a brief synopsis stating: the basic experimental objectives; support electronics and instrumentation supplies; and launch support results. Other material presented includes: monitor circuit techniques; description of NiCad battery charger; results of tests on NiCad batteries; discussions of: a squib checker; a door eject mechanism; a payload separation mechanism; and a despin mechanism. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745977

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Kenyon

Organizations

  • Lowell Technological Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Battery Chargers
  • Electronics
  • Fabrication
  • High Altitude
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics