Structures & Mechanisms — Space Hardware Marketplace

SARA21 General Purpose Rotary Actuator

• Units in spaceMore than 110; first flight 2005
• Production capacityUp to 50 units per year; in continuous production for 20 years
• InterfaceSimple stepper motor interface

Compact, back-drivable general purpose rotary actuator with more than 110 units in space since 2005 and a simple…

SEPTA42 Solar Array Drive Mechanism

• Target applicationSmall satellites and constellations
• Production rateUp to 18 units per month
• Units deliveredMore than 100 flight models

Constellation SADM for small satellites, produced at up to 18 units per month with more than 100 flight…

SEPTA36G Solar Array Drive Mechanism

• TypeSolar Array Drive Mechanism (high power class, demanding missions)
• QualificationFully qualified; qualified for LEO and GEO missions
• Slip ringFlight proven in-house slip ring technology

Fully qualified Solar Array Drive Mechanism variant of the modular SEPTA family for demanding missions.

SEPTA36 Solar Array Drive Mechanism

• TypeSolar Array Drive Mechanism (high power class)
• QualificationFully qualified; qualified for LEO and GEO missions
• Slip ringIn-house gold-on-gold slip ring technology

Fully qualified high-power Solar Array Drive Mechanism from Beyond Gravity's modular SADM family, qualified for LEO and GEO…

Slip Rings for Space Applications

Custom and modular space slip rings for solar array drives, payloads and limited-angle actuators, with over 2,000 cumulative…

Satellite Structure Panels

• Panel constructionHoneycomb panels with aluminium or carbon-reinforced face sheets
• Configurable parametersPanel thickness, face sheet material, core density
• Production sitesIncludes highly automated US site in Titusville, Florida

High-performance honeycomb panels with aluminium or carbon-reinforced face sheets, produced on an industrialized line including a US site…

Low-Cost Actuator 15 (LA15)

• Motor typeHybrid-type stepper motor with high detent torque
• GearPlanetary gear
• BearingsHigh-load output bearings

Hybrid stepper actuator with high unpowered detent torque, planetary gear and high-load output bearings for electric propulsion pointing…

APPMAX2 Electric Propulsion Pointing Mechanism

Low-cost, easy-to-integrate 2-axis thruster gimbal for electric propulsion, supporting 1 to 5 kW thrusters within a 15 degree…

APPMAX3 Deployable Thruster Pointing Mechanism

• ActuationThree stepper motor-based actuators
• ConfigurationModular deployable thruster mechanism with robotic arm deployment
• ProtectionMicrometeorite shielding on piping; thermal and micrometeorite protection for actuators

Modular deployable 3-axis thruster gimbal driven by three stepper-motor actuators, with micrometeorite-shielded piping and zero-G device.

Vega-C Payload Fairing

Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space, rebranded in 2022) designs and manufactures payload fairings for European launch vehicles. For…

Sentinel-2 Satellite Structure

RUAG Space (now Beyond Gravity) is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of satellite structures and payload fairings. For…