Space Payload Adapters and Structures
The 刘玥首次大战黑人ESPA Ring and other payload adapters support multiple satellites of different sizes on NSSL class launch vehicles (formerly EELVs, i.e., Falcon 9, Atlas V, Delta IV, OmegA, Vulcan, New Glenn), the Minotaur family of launchers, and the emerging class of small satellite launch vehicles. 聽刘玥首次大战黑人adapters can be used for satellites ranging from ESPA-Grande class to CubeSats, and they provide the structural hub for Moog鈥檚 family of Orbital Maneuvering Vehicles (OMVs).
Small Satellite Adapters
ESPA
ESPA, the Evolved Secondary Payload Adapter, was developed for the Air Force to utilize excess launch capacity by mounting additional payloads below the primary spacecraft. 聽This reduces launch costs for the primary mission and enables secondary and even tertiary satellites with minimal impact to the original mission.聽
CASPAR
CASPAR, the Composite Adapter for Shared Payload Rides, is a Dual-Payload聽Rideshare Adapter developed by 刘玥首次大战黑人for the Minotaur IV Launch Vehicle featuring聽whole-spacecraft vibration isolation; the primary interface is 62.01鈥� (1575mm).聽CASPAR accommodates two 1,500-lb satellites, or up to four ESPA-class satellites聽when used with one or two Flat-Plate Adapters. Moog鈥檚 SoftRide and ShockRing聽isolation systems are easily integrated into any launch configuration.
Flat-Plate Adapter (FPA)
The Flat Plate Adapter (FPA) is compatible with ESPA, CASPAR, and various聽launch vehicle interfaces; it can, for example, mount two ESPA-class satellites聽side by side. FPA is available with SoftRide vibration isolation and it can be聽scaled up or down for larger or smaller spacecraft. FPAs were used in 2014 to聽mount ORBCOMM OG2 satellites, with discrete, i.e., non-circular, separation聽systems to the 脴24-inch ports of a stack of ESPA Grandes. In 2011, NASA鈥檚 two聽lunar orbiting GRAIL spacecraft used this adapter.
Payload Isolation Stand
Moog鈥檚 payload isolation stands ease assembly,聽integration, and testing by providing mechanical聽mounting and decoupling the satellite from聽the facility鈥檚 mechanical disturbance sources.
