Space structures are exposed to pyroshocks and other similar shocklike events during launch and whilst in operation, for example when triggering the separation mechanism with explosive bolts and ...

When a rocket goes into the extremes of our atmosphere, the rocket experiences an aggressive shock at separation stage, which could knock out the system’s avionics. Testing these avionics to ensure ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from ...

Sandia has developed an environmentally friendly approach to shock testing space components. Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force's second Lockheed Martin geosynchronous spacecraft has successfully completed acoustic testing. The SBIRS satellites provides significantly ...

Sandia National Laboratories' Mike Beabout and Patrick Barnes, left to right top, and Mark Stroman and Jamison Lee, left to right bottom, prepare a nitrogen-powered gas gun for the labs' Alternative ...

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have completed pyroshock testing of the first integrated Space-Based Infrared System (Sbirs) missile-warning satellite. During trials last month, program ...

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin last month completed pyroshock testing of the first integrated Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite, designed to provide missile warning data. During ...

Scientists have successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from stage separation during flight. Sandia ...