Ariane 5 Payload Fairing Test
NASA Glenn conducted a test on the Ariane 5 Payload Fairing at Plum Brook’s Space Power Facility (SPF). The test was to qualify a new horizontal pyrotechnic separation system, which blew the two fairing halves apart and away from the payload during flight.
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GRC-2012-C-01689
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April 30, 2012
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