Development of an Anchoring System for the Soft Asteroid Landing Exploration

Table 4

Testing results of anchoring system in ground medium.

	Test 1	Test 2
Pyrotechnical type	HgQB-8B; (30 MPa/5 ml)	HgQB-8B; (30 MPa/5 ml)
Penetrating velocity	About 50 m/s	About 50 m/s
Ground medium characteristics	There is frozen soil, and its shear strength is about 0.5 MPa.	The frozen soil is close-grained, and its shear strength is about 1~2 MPa.
Anchoring force	60 N	178 N