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5.2
EQCLPMENT 2D RECLNTRY PROCESLRES
5.2.1
Introductioa
The sampling elements which were to have been carried to Teak burst al-
titude are housed in mose cones having the same external configurations as
those carrying instrimestation and are propelled by the sae type rocket
motors.
Unfortunately, both rad-chew rockets on Teak went unstable at the
approximate tine of second-stage burnout, broke up, and fell into the sea
about one mile from the Launchers.
The four sampler rockets fired on Orange
flew their plannea trajectories and were recovered.
They did not, harver,
contain samples.
In operation, just before the rocxet enters the radioactive cloud, the
wind screen (the forward 2& inches of the nose cone) and two side-vent ports
are ejected, exposing the sampling elements to the debris.
At apogee the
sampling elesents are enclosed ian a watertight compartment, and an RF homing
beacon sod a flashing light are actuated.
During descent the nose cone
separates from the second-stage rocket motor and a paracbute is deployed
to lower the nose cope to the sea.
A search-and-recovery operation is theo
initiated for the sampler noose cones as well as for the instrumentation nose
cones.
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5.2.2
Sampler Nose Cone
The external configuration of the sampler nose cones is identical to
that of the instrumentation nose cones (Fig. 5.7) and consists of a 2h-iach
wind screen, a 25 1/2-inch main body, and a 5-inch aft parachute ring.
The
wiod screen is automatically ejected in flight ta expose the filter just
before the rocket enters the radioactive cloud.
The parachute ring contains
the parachute which is packed in a doughnut-shaped container, two dye-oarker
containers, and the flight-progracming junction box.
be sain body contains
two filters, a filter container having two separate watertight compartoents,
sanpler-actuating mechanisas, a beacon transmitter antenna, a flashing
light, two ejectable vent ports, a dye-aarker container, and a watertight
compartment containing the renainder of the beacon aad flashing light
components (Fig. 5.0).
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