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Soft Recovery Techniques for Test Model with Launching Velocity above 3.0 km/s on the Ballistic Range
Online published: 2026-02-11
Recovering the test model is important in developing the techniques of measuring the parameter continuously and directly during its flying process on the ballistic range. It is more difficult to recover the test model with hypervelocity on the ballistic range with the increase of flying velocity and mass, and the requirement is much higher for the design of test model and recovery system. Soft recovery techniques were studied for the test model with launching velocity above 3.0 km/s on the ballistic range. The design requirement for the test model and sabot was summarized in order to ensure the model integrity during its deceleration and recovery process. The design method of shielding heat was summarized in order to protect the data storage components installed in the test model. The deceleration and recovery system was also designed. The intact free-flight model was recovered safely with a mass of 837 g and a launching velocity of 3.3 km/s, and the whole measurement data from onboard diagnostics were obtained, i.e. the acceleration, external pressure and temperature during the process of launching, flying and recovery. Based on the measuring requirement of aerodynamic force and the development of soft recovery techniques, the test method of recovering the model softly and using repeatedly was proposed on the ballistic range.
Key words: ballistic range; hypervelocity; test model; soft recovery; aerodynamic force
Fawei KE , Xuezhong WEN , Jing LI , Yao LONG , Dongjun LIAO . Soft Recovery Techniques for Test Model with Launching Velocity above 3.0 km/s on the Ballistic Range[J]. Journal of Space Science and Experiment, 2025 , 2(6) : 77 -83 . DOI: 10.19963/j.cnki.2097-4302.2025.06.008
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