majid hussain
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Is it possible to deploy parachute at 30000 feet altitude
Ranger Mike said:why would you risk deploying a parachute in thin air? You only increase risk of a partial or total malfunction. Considering the fact that a personal parachute will properly open after dropping 200 feet, it makes no sense to open a parachute at altitude. The parachute is not steerable ( multi canopies required for heavy drop) so when you pop the chute 25 miles up the payload can wonder all over the sky and land who knows where. You need to glide to 1000 AGL (above ground level) and pull the rip cord. if memory serves me well, Apollo command module re-entering the atmosphere at 243 mph used drouge chutes at 24,000 feet to slow the capsule to a speed where the deployment of the three main chutes would not rip the nylon or shroud lines, i think the chutes popped at 10,000 feet and the capsule splashed down i n the ocean. At 10,000 feet you are not going to drift off course too much. Again you can not steer these three large canopies.