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- OBJECT TYPE
- PARACHUTE/AFT/ROCKET
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0082.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bristol Aerospace (1968) Ltd.
- MODEL
- BLACK BRANT 5/ AMF-VC-53
- LOCATION
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P-R-080
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 42.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Space science
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bristol
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Mexico
- Period
- 1973 TO 1982+ - LAUNCHED WITH PAYLOAD AMF-VC-53 SEPT. 15, 1982.
- Canada
-
PART OF ONE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT BLACK BRANT ROCKETSUSED IN CANADIAN SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM. - Function
-
PARACHUTE RECOVERY SYSTEM USED TO RECOVER ROCKET PAYLOADS, DEPLOYING DURING DESCENT TO ENSURE SOFT LANDING, THUS PRESERVING EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENT- ATION EQUIPMENT. - Technical
-
SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED IN 1972 FOR BLACK BRANT ROCKET & HAS BEEN USED TO RECOVER PAYLOADS OF UP TO 340 KG FROM AS HIGH AS 500 KM IN ALTITUDE. SOME UNITS HAVE BEEN USED UP TO 5 TIMES & APPROXIMATELY 100 PAYLOADS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED (REF 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'MANUFACTURED BY/ bristol aerospace (1968) limited/ WINNIPEG CANADA/ SERIAL NO. P-R-080 DRWG. NO. 680-00000-1/ DATE APR. 73 17" PARA. REC. SYSTEM'/ HANDWRITTEN ADHESIVE LABELS READING 'P/N 680-00700-1/ R/T 11129 SN3', 'BRISTOL UNIT/ RECOVERED FROM/ VB-37', & 'RECOVERED/ FROM/ VB-37'/ INCISED LETTERING ON EXTERIOR FOR PART FUNCTIONS.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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