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PAYLOAD FAIRING [6 records]

Record 1 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
DEF

A protective fairing which houses the payload of a launch vehicle.

CONT

Payload shroud roll on to the Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft was performed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

[L'entreprise Ruag] fabrique notamment les moules servant à la cuisson du revêtement de la charge utile dans les engins spatiaux.

OBS

De forme ogivale, la coiffe assure la protection de la charge utile pendant le vol atmosphérique tout en conférant au lanceur l'aérodynamique requise.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A look under the fairing's main segment shows the acoustic protection(Helmholtz absorbers) that covers the inner surface to dampen the noise level for payloads during launch. When assembled, the Ariane 5 payload fairing has diameter of 5. 4 meters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Les satellites n'aiment pas trop les vibrations. Donc la coiffe intègre une protection acoustique qui ramène le bruit d'enfer produit au décollage par le moteur Vulcain et par les deux EAP à un niveau raisonnable, en tout cas conforme aux spécifications.

OBS

Coiffe du lanceur qui assure la protection contre les interférences et les vibrations parasites sonores de la charge utile pendant la phase propulsée du lanceur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acústica (Física)
  • Aerodinámica y teoría de los gases
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 3 2002-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Acoustic blankets are used in the payload fairing of expendable launch vehicles to reduce the fairing's interior acoustics and the subsequent vibration response of the spacecraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

Using a linear explosive assembly, Arnold Engineering Development Center(AEDC) and Boeing employees recently completed separation of a full-scale segmented fairing(protective covering surrounding the payload) from a Delta III launch vehicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
CONT

It is inside this facility that the launcher receives its payload, along with the Sylda or Speltra structures(if any), and the payload fairing. These payload elements are processed within an encapsulation hall inside the Final Assembly Building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux
DEF

Une des quatre parties du Bâtiment d'assemblage final.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The three-stage Delta II consists of a first stage, an interstage, a second stage, a third stage, and the payload fairing. The interstage is contained between the first and second stage. It carries the loads from the third and second stages to the first stage and also contains exhaust vents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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