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UPG [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

With the ELA-3 launch complex, other Ariane-5-dedicated production and test facilities built during the development phase are being handed over by ESA to the industrial operators at the Guiana Space Centre: ... the Guiana propellant plant, for mixing and casting the large solid-propellant booster segments, handed over in 1990 to Regulus, a joint subsidiary of Fiat Avio (Italy) and SNPE (France).

CONT

The UPG facilities include: two 1,800 gallon mixing machines, two casting pits and eleven mixing tanks with a capacity of 12 tons of propellant per tank; non-destructive testing facility, including an endoscope, ultrasound and 16-MeV X-ray systems; crushing and filtering facilities; a liner application machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

L'UPG comprend notamment : deux malaxeurs de 1 800 gallons (6 800 litres), deux puits de coulée de onze cuves de malaxage d'une capacité de 12 tonnes de propergol par cuve; une installation de contrôle non destructif comportant endoscopie, ultra-sons, rayons X de 16 MeV; une installation de broyage et filtration; une machine d'enduction de «liner» (liant).

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