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Purpose

The Hermes recovery system follows a dual-separation, dual-deploy architecture. The drogue deployment event is initiated at apogee by a pyrotechnically operated piston. The main parachute is retained via a Tender Descender until approximately 2,000ft. Subsystem and component designs, testing procedures and results, and research is summarized here.

Testing

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