Project DOVE - 6/11/26

On 6/11/26, the recovery team conducted Project DOVE, Deployment Operations Verification Experiment. DOVE serves as a sub-scale representation of the CETUS recovery system, utilizing CETUS's drogue parachute as a main and the main parachute from HALE's avionics testbed rocket, Earendel, as a drogue.

DOVE was dropped under the drogue at an altitude of 1600 ft. During descent, CETUS's flight computer monitored altitude and triggered two ejection charges when DOVE reached 1000 ft, successfully deploying the main parachute.

Видео Project DOVE - 6/11/26 канала Oregon State HALE