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