{"id":235,"date":"2009-04-16T00:29:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2015-02-18T18:10:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:10:32","slug":"return-to-launch-rocket-payload-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/?page_id=235","title":{"rendered":"Return-To-Launch rocket \/ payload recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Introduction<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Because flights are going higher and higher, recovery within a reasonable distance from the launch pad becomes equally harder. Due to many factors\u00a0such as: wind, launch angle directions\u00a0set by range officers and unforeseen situations during flights,\u00a0the need for an actively controlled recovery phase grew. This page will describe the quest for such a system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">SPADES &#8211; A similar system was made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dutchspace.nl\/pages\/business\/content.asp?id=187&amp;P=1_2_3\">Dutch Space<\/a>. Although inmensly further advanced the basics goals are the same: <em>&#8220;The fully autonomous SPADES precision airdrop system is\u00a0designed for\u00a0safe and accurate delivery of goods at any desired location in support of military or humanitarian missions.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder Images through the courtesy of\u00a0Dutch Space.<\/p>\n<h3>Planning<\/h3>\n<p>Please click on the corresponding links for more detailed information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PHASE 1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/?page_id=340\">Construct testplatform,\u00a0radio controlled powered paraglider (PPL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PHASE 2 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/?page_id=335\">Fly EasyStar UAV\u00a0with Return-To-Launch autopilot<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PHASE 3 &#8211; Construct prototype and prepare for launch from airplane at several heights<\/li>\n<li>PHASE 4 &#8211; Launch it in a rocket at\u00a0a NLD in\u00a0end of 2009 or\u00a0beginning 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Useful links \/ References<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aircatcher.com\/index.php?menu=Paragliders\">AIRCATCHER &#8211; High performance powered parachutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/diydrones.com\/profiles\/blog\/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A44814\">ArduPilot home page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seabreezeparachutes.com\/gondolabuild\/view.html\">Sea Breeze Gondola Build<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2e5.com\/kite\/nasa\/reports\/\">NASA Parawing Reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apcoaviation.com\/products.asp?section=emergency&amp;product=guided_md\">Rogallo type steerable rescue system<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seabreezeparachutes.com\/gondolabuild\/view.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Because flights are going higher and higher, recovery within a reasonable distance from the launch pad becomes equally harder. Due to many factors\u00a0such as: wind, launch angle directions\u00a0set by range officers and unforeseen situations during flights,\u00a0the need for an actively controlled recovery phase grew. This page will describe the quest for such a system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/?page_id=235\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verticallimits.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}