Author Topic: Pad Abort Test (PAT) - CST-100 Starliner - White Sands: November 4, 2019  (Read 133850 times)

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#Starliner will be the first American-made orbital crew capsule to land on land. Watch our landing airbags in action during the pad abort test. They’ll inflate about half a minute before touchdown, just after the spacecraft’s base heat shield falls away.
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LAEs OMACs ignition.
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OMACs initiate roll
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Pitcharound start.
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Pitcharound end, Apogee (1349m at T+18,6 sec.)
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Drogue chute deployment.
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Main chute deployment start.
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CM/SM séparation.
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Main chute partial deployment.
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Capsule vertical reorientation.
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Heat shield jettison.
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Airbag inflation.
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Touchdown at T+1mn 35 sec.
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