|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Operational Parameters
- Microgravity Duration: 2.2 seconds
- Free Fall Distance: 79 feet (24 m)
- Gravitational Acceleration: <0.001 g
- Mean Deceleration: 15 g
- Peak Deceleration: 30 g
Experimental Drop Package
- Payload Width: 38 in. (96 cm)
- Payload Height: 33 in. (84 cm)
- Payload Depth: 16 in. (40 cm)
- Payload weight: up to 350 lbs (159 kg)
- Gross vehicle weight: 1075 lbs. (487 kg)
Instrumentation/Data Acquisition
- Video Cameras, Digital Frame Grabbers, Hi-8, Mini-DV and DVCAM recorders
- Analog-Digital Data Acquisition, 32 channels
- 24 VDC Battery Power
- Programmable Logic Controller
- Pressure Transducers
- Flow Meters
- Thermocouples
- Radiometers
- Lasers
Mode of Operation
- Provides microgravity test environment for a fraction of the cost of conducting an experiment in space, lowest cost of all NASA ground based microgravity facilities
- Can accommodate NASA, government, and private industry research programs
- Twelve drops per day
- Engineering staff to perform or consult on payload design
- Experimenter can integrate experiment hardware into NASA provided experiment frame or facility technical staff can perform electrical and mechanical integration of payloads
- Third party safety review of experiments is required
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
