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Autonomous Paraglider Re-Entry System Tests Successful

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Tom Patton
Sep 28, 2022
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During a technical session at at the recent International Astronautical Congress last week, Michael Vergalla, CTO of Outpost, presented a paper on the findings of Outpost’s two successful flight tests on a breakthrough technology of an autonomous paraglider re-entry system to enable payload return capabilities from Earth orbit. The tests, conducted in A…

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