Philip,

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:27:05 -0600, Philip Stortz wrote:

> it definitely was done that way on some satellites at one time.

Yes, I believe "Corona" was the project name for the first set of these.  If I remember rightly the film "Ice 
Station Zebra" was based around recovering a film canister that went astray.

I think they were usually recovered in the air by an aircraft with a big "V" shaped catching arm on the front, 
snaring the parachute cord.  Can you imagine the face of the first pilot being told what he had to do?  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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