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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2018
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
William H. Ailor, III, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Jeffrey Arthur Lang, Torrance, CA (US);
James Lawrence Hoffman, II, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jerome K. Fuller, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Jeffry Padin, El Segundo, CA (US);
Michael Alan Weaver, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Franklin John Bayuk, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A data recovery device configured to store data onboard a hypersonic vehicle travelling at hypersonic speeds. The data recovery device is released from the hypersonic vehicle upon a release command or an anomalous event. Upon release, the data recovery device is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) position data and configured to broadcast the GPS position data in short bursts during decent to a surface of the Earth and upon impact with the surface of the Earth to aid in recovery of the data recovery device.