“Over the last few years, 3D printing has grown in popularity across a variety of businesses. It ushers in a new era of product development, with a slew of advantages over traditional production techniques. 3D printing has the potential to revolutionise the space business by allowing spacewalkers to build products in space and on demand, such as components for repairs, specialised equipment for scientific research, and more. 3D printed products can be particularly beneficial for aerospace applications because they are incredibly cost-effective and can be recycled and moulded into completely different objects.”

The importance of 3D in satellite manufacturing

All of the company's communications satellites now have 3D printed elements, such as antenna brackets and reflector sleeves.

Additive manufacturing begins with a digital model, then melts plastic or metal filaments or powders in a huge number of layers to create a virtually finished thing. This technique makes use of a computer-controlled “printing” machine that employs a 3D digital model contained in a CAD (computer-aided design) file.

This approach can be used to create complex single-piece items that would be impossible to build using traditional manufacturing methods. Depending on the application, 3D printing these single-piece parts instead of assembling a number of pieces using traditional methods can save a lot of weight and money.

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NASA is partnering with Aerojet Rocketdyne to advance 3D printing technologies, known as metal additive manufacturing, and its capabilities for liquid rocket engines in landers and on-orbit stages/spacecraft. In the latest RDT ALPACA project, a lander engine was printed in multiple metal materials using different AM technologies.
Zenith Tecnica, a New Zealand-based contract manufacturer specializing in titanium 3D printing, recently marked its 5th year of partnering with leading satellite manufacturer Maxar Technologies to supply structural spacecraft flight hardware.
Launcher, an American space technology firm, has purchased the M 4K AM system from AMCM, an EOS Group company, in order to enhance its high-performance orbital launch vehicle plan. At Launcher's headquarters and production facility in Hawthorne, California, the AMCM M 4K system allows the company to construct the world's largest single-part 3D printed copper alloy combustor. The full 10 ton-force E-2 rocket engine will be additively manufactured by Launcher to transport tiny satellites to low Earth orbit.
Starship SN15 conducted SpaceX's fifth high-altitude Starship prototype flight test from Starbase in Texas. SN15 was propelled during ascension by three Raptor engines, each shutting down in sequence prior to the vehicle reaching apogee – around 10 km in height – similar to earlier high-altitude Starship flight experiments. Before reorienting itself for re-entry and controlled aerodynamic fall, SN15 executed a propellant shift to the interior header tanks, which carry landing fuel.


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