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November 12, 2013

Lockheed Martin Team Tests Orion's Protective Panels
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2013
Testing at the Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale facility in California using a series of precisely-timed, explosive charges and mechanisms, proved the Orion spacecraft can successfully jettison its protective fairing panels. The Orion spacecraft has three fairings that protect the service module radiators and solar arrays from heat, wind and acoustics during ascent. This test was the second in a series of fairing separation tests-this time adding a thermal element. Engineers used strip heaters to h ... read more

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