A system enabling safe manned and unmanned operations at extremely high altitudes (above 70,000 feet). The system utilizes a balloon launch system and parachute and/or parafoil recovery.

A system enabling safe manned and unmanned operations at extremely high altitudes (above 70,000 feet). The system utilizes a balloon launch system and parachute and/or parafoil recovery.

Systems and methods for a parachute or parachute system are described. The parachute or parachute system includes two or more panels and includes at least one band which may be in a lateral direction relative to the two or more panels. The at least one band may be secured at different points which are lateral mid-points in individual contiguous ones of the two or more panels. Further, a first distance between an individual set of points of the different points may be shorter than twice a second distance. The second distance is a lateral distance from at least one point of the individual set of points to a seam of one panel of the two or more panels having the at least one point.

Systems and methods for a parachute or parachute system are described. The parachute or parachute system includes two or more panels and includes at least one band which may be in a lateral direction relative to the two or more panels. The at least one band may be secured at different points which are lateral mid-points in individual contiguous ones of the two or more panels. Further, a first distance between an individual set of points of the different points may be shorter than twice a second distance. The second distance is a lateral distance from at least one point of the individual set of points to a seam of one panel of the two or more panels having the at least one point.

There is provided a safety apparatus that not only has excellent safety performance but also has improved ease of accommodation of an ejected object in a container, and is capable of securing diversity of attachment positions to an aerial vehicle as compared with a related art, and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus. The safety apparatus includes a pilot chute ejector 62 and a main parachute storage. The pilot chute ejector 62 includes an actuator 1, a push-up member 15 pushed up in one direction by the actuator 1, a pilot chute 16 pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, a bottomed cylindrical container 18 that accommodates the actuator 1, the push-up member 15, and the pilot chute 16, and a lid 21 having a fan-shaped cross section that closes an opening end of the container 18. The actuator 1 is fixed at a position shifted from a geometric center of the fan-shaped cross section on a bottom surface of the container 18 via a base 2.

Systems and methods for a parachute or parachute system are described. The parachute or parachute system includes two or more panels and includes at least one band which may be in a lateral direction relative to the two or more panels. The at least one band may be secured at different points which are lateral mid-points in individual contiguous ones of the two or more panels. Further, a first distance between an individual set of points of the different points may be shorter than twice a second distance. The second distance is a lateral distance from at least one point of the individual set of points to a seam of one panel of the two or more panels having the at least one point.

Systems and methods for a parachute or parachute system are described. The parachute or parachute system includes two or more panels and includes at least one band which may be in a lateral direction relative to the two or more panels. The at least one band may be secured at different points which are lateral mid-points in individual contiguous ones of the two or more panels. Further, a first distance between an individual set of points of the different points may be shorter than twice a second distance. The second distance is a lateral distance from at least one point of the individual set of points to a seam of one panel of the two or more panels having the at least one point.