Spacecraft Dispensing Systems
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD)
Flight-proven separation and dispensing systems for single payloads, secondary payloads, and large satellite constellation deployment from rideshare launch vehicles.
Technical specifications
- Payload range
- Small CubeSat to 40 metric ton primary payloads
- Applications
- Single payloads, secondary rideshare, constellation deployment
- Technologies
- Pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic separation systems
- Flight record
- Zero in-orbit failures across all dispensing systems
- Heritage
- 60+ years serving satellite and launch vehicle markets
About
EBAD offers the Space industry’s widest array of flight-proven separation and dispensing solutions, spanning single primary payloads up to 40 metric tons through secondary rideshare payloads and full satellite constellation deployment. EBAD’s 60+ years of combined experience serving both the satellite and launch vehicle markets gives the company unique insight into the requirements at the crossroads of these two domains. The spacecraft dispensing product portfolio includes pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic separation systems, designed to minimize induced shock while guaranteeing reliable, precise separation trajectories. EBAD holds a perfect flight heritage record with zero in-orbit failures across all its spacecraft separation and dispensing systems. Working with EBAD provides customers access to the full breadth of separation technologies under one roof, from ultra-low shock NEA release mechanisms for sensitive payloads to robust pyrotechnic devices for large structures.
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