Launch vehicle parts
Conical, cylindrical and biconical shells for nose cones and launcher instrument bays
sandwich structures consisting of aluminum honeycomb core and CFRP skins
Intended use:
Protection of payload during the atmospheric phase of flight and under ground operation conditions.
They are used in the launchers Proton-M, Rokot, Angara1, 2.
Characteristics:
• Outer diameter – up to 5100 mm;
• Length - up to 4000 mm.
Shells in the form of closed contour cylinder-cone of the launcher front-body section
are sandwich structures consisting of aluminum honeycomb core and CFRP skins.
Intended use:
For the accommodation of instruments. They are used in the launcher KSLV.
Characteristics:
• Outer diameter – up to 2900 mm;
• Length - up to 2300 mm.