{"id":22719,"date":"2021-06-25T23:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/united-launch-alliance-played-with-the-thought-of-faring-reuse-but-ended-up-scrapping-it\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T23:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:31:47","slug":"united-launch-alliance-played-with-the-thought-of-faring-reuse-but-ended-up-scrapping-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/united-launch-alliance-played-with-the-thought-of-faring-reuse-but-ended-up-scrapping-it\/","title":{"rendered":"United Launch Alliance played with the thought of faring reuse but ended up scrapping it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX has had great success recovering and reusing their payload fairings. In contrast, ULA doesn\u2019t recover or reuse them, but according to CEO Tory Bruno, ULA seriously considered implementing fairing reuse, but the economics didn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n

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Since SpaceX joined the industry, undercutting the competition with their Falcon 9, other companies have had to scramble to bring prices low enough to compete. ULA\u2019s answer to this is Vulcan. Their next-generation rocket set to replace the heritage Atlas V and Delta IV vehicles. Vulcan is planned to make its first launch within the next year if their payload and Blue Origin made engines are ready.<\/p>\n

According to Bruno, he pushed for fairing reuse, not stated if this was for Vulcan or Atlas but a safe assumption is on Vulcan. This is a big deal as it validates SpaceX\u2019s efforts for fairing reuse. Despite th benefits of reuse, adding mass such as parachutes and guidance systems to the fairing reduces the payload to orbit capabilities. While the idea was pushed by Bruno, Ruag Space, ULA\u2019s fairing provider, gave them a new fairing at a lower cost that, according to Bruno, makes the economics of reuse harder to justify.<\/p>\n

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