The payload fairing is a protective shell that shields satellites from the intense aerodynamic forces and heat during the ...

SpaceX has been experimenting during recent launches with recovering the payload fairing at the top of its Falcon 9 rocket. The fairing is a $6 million shroud that protects the satellite during ...

Blue Origin graphic showing New Glenn with a 7-meter payload fairing. Credit: Blue Origin. The third New Shepard has modifications for improved reusability, he said, such as access panels that ...

And now its nose cone catching fleet is retired. A rocket's payload fairing is a clamshell-like protective shell that shrouds the rocket's payload as the vehicle soars through the Earth's atmosphere.

Hanwha Aerospace has begun upgrading the payload fairing of South Korea’s Nuri rocket to make it viable for commercial satellite launches. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KAA) had initially ...

SpaceX just pulled off another rocket-reusability milestone — its first-ever payload fairing double catch. The company managed to pluck out of the sky both halves of a Falcon 9 rocket's falling ...

Swiss manufacturer Ruag Space will build composite payload fairings for United Launch Alliance ... as well as a much lower cost and more affordable access to space,” said Tory Bruno, president ...

In addition to successfully landing the Falcon 9 rocket on its "Just Read the Instructions" droneship, SpaceX also captured both payload fairings ... and get unlimited access to all things Pop ...

Once the rocket is in space, the nose cone, or payload fairing, splits in half and the pieces fall back to Earth. Typically this hardware isn’t recovered, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been eager ...

Catching a fairing (the “nose cone” that protects the payload during launch) is completely different than landing a rocket. Unlike SpaceX’s fancy reusable boosters, fairings aren’t capable ...

And that could provide some savings for SpaceX. This hardware, also known as a payload fairing, costs about $6 million to make for each flight, according to the company. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has ...

The new Long March 3-A payload fairing with a diameter of 4.2 meters was designed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)'s China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and ...