After spending two years in R&D on the project, UK defense manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space is 3D printing space-qualified satellite components for the UK Space Agency and Innovate UK’s National Space Technology Programme. As a part of a program to explore the production of parts that cannot be made with traditional manufacturing technologies, Airbus has produced a structural bracket for Eurostar E3000 telecommunications satellites, 3D printed with an aluminum alloy.
The bracket, meant for mounting the telemetry and telecommand (TMTC) antennas onto the E3000, significantly improves upon previous designs made with traditional methods. …
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