Advanced boom systems for sounding rocket research
Document ID: 321
Student Papers
1 The Pennsylvania State University College of Engineering Student Space Programs Laboratory, University Park, PA
Presented: 18th ESA Symposium on 'European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research'
Visby, Sweden, June 3-7, 2007
Abstract
The third payload in the SPIRIT series from the Pennsylvania State University, ESPRIT, was successfully launched in July 2006. Tue ESPRIT boom system was designed to meet Langmuir Probe experiment requirements through an interconnected rigid system mounted underneath an ejectable nosecone. During testing, a deployment envelope was tested that encompassed the operational spin rates of Terrier -Improved Orion launch vehicle. The successful flight has paved the way for other advanced designs. Based upon test experience and flight data, the new systems will allow various mounting options and compatibility with a variety of probes while retaining the high spin deployment capability.
| Citation: | "Advanced boom systems for sounding rocket research", Brouwers, E., Proceedings.18th ESA Symposium on 'European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research', Vol. SP-647, European Space Agency (ESA), November 2007, pp. 531 - 534 |