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    • Integration of the Large Envelope Advanced Parachute System in Stratos IV

    Paper number

    IAC-20,D2,3,8,x58488

    Author

    Mr. Lars Pepermans, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Sebastian Oliver Scholts, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Ms. Esmée Menting, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Thomas Britting, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mrs. Antonio López Rivera, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mrs. Sowndariya Dhiyaneeswaran, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Wesley Toussaint, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Thomas Bosboom, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Bram Koops, The Netherlands, Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE)

    Year

    2020

    Abstract
    Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering, DARE, is a society with the goal of reaching space with a student-built sounding rocket. The latest iteration, Stratos IV, is designed with this goal in mind. To prove Stratos reached space, the flight data needs to be safely recovered and retrieved. The Parachute Research Group of DARE developed the Large Envelope Advanced Parachute System (LEAPS) for this task. To fit the Stratos IV mission several modifications have been made to the system. 
The drogue parachute is deployed using a hot gas deployment system to save mass and volume and to increase reliability. The main parachute has been changed to a Disk Gap Band parachute as this is better testable in the Open Jet Facility, a subsonic wind tunnel of Delft University of Technology. To protect the parachute system during the atmospheric re-entry, a heat shield is included. 

The Stratos recovery team has worked together with other projects within PRG such as the simulations department and the team working on the Supersonic Parachute Experiment Aboard REXUS (SPEAR). Using the combined knowledge PRG is capable of creating a reliable, supersonic capable parachute recovery system for the safe recovery of the Stratos IV flight data located in the rocket’s nose cone.
    Abstract document

    IAC-20,D2,3,8,x58488.brief.pdf

    Manuscript document

    IAC-20,D2,3,8,x58488.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).

    To get the manuscript, please contact IAF Secretariat.