Mars ATL-15, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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4.1. Packing preparation
The parachute is spread on the packing table. The cords of the pole vent
are attached at the end of the packing desk, the canopy and the suspension
lines are stretched at full length. The pilot chute is placed next to the
canopy. The harness with the container is placed with the container
upwards, the canopy is divided to halves in such way the lines No. 1 to 10
were placed on the right and the lines No. 11 to 20 on the left (fig. 9).
Pass the ripcord wire with the pins through the ripcord hose. The ripcord
handle is placed into the pocket on the harness and secured by means of
the ribbon closures.
Fig. 9
4.2. Canopy folding
The left half of the canopy is thrown over the right side (fig. 10). Line No. 12
is placed on the Line No. 11, the field between the lines is folded to half and
levelled at full length (fig. 11).
This enables is placed of the whole left canopy side up to the line No. 20
(fig. 12).
Fig. 10