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PYROTECHNIC SEPARATION [4 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Séparation d’une partie d’un lanceur ou d'un satellite obtenue grâce à un dispositif pyrotechnique dont la destruction sur commande entraîne la rupture de la liaison mécanique initiale.

OBS

séparation pyrotechnique : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 juin 2014.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Staging and separation mechanisms... may contain some of the following components :-pyrotechnic bolts, nuts and shackles;-ball locks;-circular cutting devices;-flexible linear shaped charges(FLSC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

[De la] famille des dispositifs pyrotechniques, les manilles pyrotechniques assurent une fonction de largage de charge. [Elles] peuvent intégrer, selon le besoin, une solution énergétique détonante (détonateur) ou déflagrante (inflammateur).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
OBS

The vertical separation system works by means of a flexible air-tight sleeve that is "inflated" by a small pyrotechnic charge, pushing the two fairing halves apart. To avoid damaging the sleeve by the pyrotechnic shock, the pyrotechnic charge is enclosed in two concentric perforated tubes which attenuate the pressure shock as the gases expand into the flexible tube.

OBS

Ariane 5 fairing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

A double pyrotechnic system is used to separate the fairing. The vertical separation system, which is the same as that designed for the Ariane 4, splits the fairing in two when it separates from the launcher. It has a pyrotechnic cord incorporated into one side of the shell edge and this is bolted to the other half of the shell. When the cord is detonated, it sections the bolt and a flexible fully sealed sleeve pushes the other half of the shell away.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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