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1.0 Caliber Two Stage Light Gas Gun Specifications

Looking down the barrel of the 1.0 caliber two stage light gas gun
NASA WSTF

Target Capabilities
     – Ability to pressurize and/or heat/cool targets
     – Hazardous and nonhazardous targets
     – Can withstand a 2.3 kg TNT equivalent pressure release
Target Accommodations
9 ft. diameter x 30 ft. long
Single Projectile Sizes
0.4 mm – 25.4 mm
(0.0157 in. – 1.00 in.)
Velocity Range
1.5 km/s – 7.0 km/s  

Diagnostics Available
Customer Supplied Diagnostics
Projectile Verification
     – 6 Flash X-ray Heads
     – Ultra High-Speed Digital Imaging System
     – High Speed Color Video
Velocity Measurement
     – Laser Intervalometers
     – Photodiode Flash Detectors
     – Ultra High-Speed Imaging System
Other
     – Digital X-ray Film Scanner
     – Multichannel Data Acquisition System
     – Accelerometers, Acoustic Emission Systems