Tag: Ruag Space

  • Swiss company to build Vulcan fairings, composite structures

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    Artist’s concept of a Vulcan rocket with a 4-meter payload fairing made by Ruag Space. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance plans to introduce a new payload fairing design on the next-generation Vulcan rocket, which will fly with composite parts made by Switzerland-based Ruag Space, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday. Ruag already builds 5.4-meter (17.7-foot)…

  • Swiss company to move Atlas 5 work to Alabama

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    File photo of payload fairings inside Ruag Space’s facility in Emmen, Switzerland. Credit: Ruag Space Ruag Space, the Swiss manufacturer of nose shrouds for the Atlas 5 rocket, plans to relocate production of Atlas launcher components to United Launch Alliance’s rocket assembly plant in Decatur, Alabama. The joint partnership, announced by Ruag Space and ULA…

  • ATV’s re-entry camera returned no images

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    Artist’s concept of Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle breaking up during re-entry. Credit: ESA A camera packed inside Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle failed to transmit images from inside the disposable supply ship as it plunged through Earth’s atmosphere Feb. 15 and broke apart over the South Pacific Ocean, the European Space Agency said Friday. The robotic…