Responsible Engineers: Ben, Sera, Dylan, Sam, Ezra, Emily, Hong, Juan, Nihal
*Note this system was descoped due to its complexity and safety concerns and was replaced by a new staging cone design. This staging cone included dowel pins that interfaced with holes on the bottom lip of the sustainer nozzle to prevent the sustainer from "twisting off" the booster during stage separation. A picture of this design can be seen below.
Purpose of ASIT:
- Minimize effects of roll coupled instability to increase altitude
- Create a mechanically reliable separation mechanism between stages to be independent of external factors
- Replace drag separation system
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