Development of a window protection assembly for a shuttle experiment

Physics – Fluid Dynamics

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Protectors, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Spaceborne Experiments, Temperature Sensors, Windows (Intervals), Domes (Structural Forms), Infrared Detectors, Plugs, Reentry Effects, Stabilizers (Fluid Dynamics)

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A window environmental protection assembly developed for the shuttle infrared leeside temperature experiment is described. The assembly consists of a carbon phenolic composite window mount which contains two silicon windows, a fibrous environmental protection plug to protect the windows during launch operations and ascent heating, a release mechanism used to jettison the plug just prior to atmospheric entry, and two pin puller mechanisms which retain the plug. The plug is released from the window mount assemblies using pneumatic pin pullers and separation springs in the release mechanism. The assembly was designed and tested to withstand the severe mechanical and thermal environments which could be experienced at the top of the shuttle orbiter vertical stabilizer during the ascent, on-orbit, and entry periods of the shuttle trajectory.

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