Exo-Brake used in ISS satellite deployment, illustration. The Exo-Brake is a tension-based, flexible braking device, similar to a cross-parachute, shown here in use on a small satellite (TechEdSat-5) that was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 6 March 2017. The Exo-Brake increases the drag, initiating the gradual deorbiting of the satellite. This device has been developed by engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, and is also known as Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR). TechEdSat-5 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 29 July 2017, after 144 days in orbit. | |
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