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Small Payload Quick Return
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<p>Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) is a <a href="/facts/NASA_Ames_Research_Center/DQUsdLam">NASA Ames Research Center</a> concept to return small <a href="/facts/Payload/wb7m7LLV">payloads</a> from orbit. </p><p>The system uses an <a href="/facts/Exo-Brake/XBIEGKBk">Exo-Brake</a>, a parachute-like drag device for use in the low-pressure <a href="/facts/Exosphere/7vTtk7qC">exosphere</a> of <a href="/facts/Low_Earth_Orbit/rq1TwayJ">Low Earth Orbit</a>. This is the first part of a three part return system, operating from 350 to 100 km. </p>