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One of the pilot chute mortars, located against gusset #4.

After the drogues were jettisoned, the pilot chutes were deployed, which in turn extracted the main parachutes. The mains were located between each pair of gussets except between #3 and #4 (where the drogue mortars, pitch thrusters, sea recovery cable, and parachute flower pot were located).