Satellite Structures
Beyond Gravity is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and testing of high-performance satellite structure solutions. Our honeycomb panels and central structures provide exceptional strength and stiffness at minimal weight, meeting the unique requirements of any mission.
Every satellite needs a backbone, and Beyond Gravity has a wide range of structural solutions to meet your needs. From aluminum or CFRP honeycomb panels to cylinders and struts, we can provide the high-precision and dimensionally stable components you need to build a reliable and durable satellite.
As a global leader in satellite structures, Beyond Gravity designs, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and tests satellite backbones and instrument platforms for mounting optical or other instruments. We are capable of delivering both, sophisticated satellite structures and components for special space missions, as well as panels and structures for satellite constellations that require a high manufacturing cadence.
Our industrialized and semi-automated production processes enable us to produce several satellite structures per day. Thanks to our standard component portfolio and many years of experience, we can offer our customers a variety of design options, short development cycles, and a low risk level due to our highly qualified processes. Our solutions also offer a high degree of flexibility, and our designs can be adapted to subsequent changes if required, as we combine design, manufacturing, and testing under one roof.
Whether you need a custom satellite structure for a specialized mission or a high-volume solution for a satellite constellation, Beyond Gravity has the expertise and capabilities to deliver.
Satellite Structure Solutions from Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity is a global leader in satellite structure analysis and design, optimization and industrialization, and high cadence manufacturing. With over 30 years of experience, we have a proven track record of success in supporting both built-to-print and built-to-spec programs, no matter how challenging the technical and environmental conditions of your project might be.
Satellite Structure Analysis and Design
Beyond Gravity is a global leader in satellite structure analysis and design. With over 30 years of experience, we have a proven track record of success in supporting both built-to-print and built-to-spec programs, no matter how challenging the technical and environmental conditions of your project might be. Our team of experts can help you with all aspects of satellite structure analysis and design, from finding the best solution for your mission specifications to ensuring that your satellite structure meets all applicable requirements.
Satellite Structure Optimization and Industrialization
Looking for an experienced partner to help you optimize your satellite structure for specific requirements or find a design-to-cost solution? Beyond Gravity's team of experts can help you achieve your goals. We have the experience and expertise to optimize your satellite structure for weight, strength, cost, and performance. Our team will make sure you get the right technical and economical answers.
High Cadence Satellite Manufacturing
Beyond Gravity has developed an automated potting process for our patented GreDom® Inserts. This process has been used to manufacture and flight-prove over 650 OneWeb satellites. In addition to this potting technology, we have also established an industrialized manufacturing line to ensure the process-stable production of high volumes of satellite structure panels. This allows us to produce satellite structures quickly and efficiently, without sacrificing quality.
Beyond Gravity's Comprehensive Portfolio
Our portfolio includes Satellite Structure Panels, Cones and Cylinders, Struts, and our revolutionary Automated Potted Insert solution for satellite manufacturing. Each product is manufactured to the highest standards using advanced materials and processes, ensuring they can withstand extreme temperatures, vibration, and shock.
Satellite Structure Panels
Satellite structure panels are essential components of any spacecraft, providing the structural integrity and support required to withstand the harsh environment of space. Beyond Gravity offers a wide range of high-performance honeycomb panels with aluminum and carbon reinforced face sheets, ideal for a variety of satellite applications.
Beyond Gravity's honeycomb panels are manufactured to the highest standards using advanced materials and processes. We offer a diverse portfolio of panel thicknesses, face sheet materials, and core densities to meet the specific requirements of any satellite mission.
Cones and Cylinders
Satellite cones and cylinders are essential components of many high-performance spacecraft, providing a variety of critical functions, including aerodynamic shaping, structural support, and antenna housings.
Beyond Gravity is a trusted global leader in the design, manufacturing, and testing of high-quality satellite cones and cylinders. We offer a diverse range of products to meet the unique requirements of any satellite mission.
Struts
Satellite struts are lightweight and high-strength structural members that are essential for many spacecraft applications. They provide the structural support and rigidity required to withstand the harsh environment of space, while also minimizing weight and maximizing payload capacity.
Beyond Gravity is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and testing of satellite struts. We offer a wide range of products to meet the specific requirements of any satellite mission. All of Beyond Gravity's satellite struts are manufactured to the highest standards using advanced materials and processes. They are also rigorously tested to ensure that they can withstand the harsh conditions of space, including extreme temperatures, vibration, and shock.
Automated Potted Insert: A Revolutionary Solution for Satellite Manufacturing
Automated potted inserts are a revolutionary new way to manufacture satellite structures, offering a number of advantages over traditional methods, including reduced weight, increased strength, improved reliability, and reduced costs.
Beyond Gravity is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of automated potted inserts for spacecraft. Our automated potted insert process is highly sophisticated and precise, and it involves the use of a state-of-the-art automated potting machine (APM) that performs all of the necessary steps required to place an insert into a satellite structure, including shaping the panel, drilling the insert holes, applying the adhesive, and placing the insert.
Our flagship product, GreDom® inserts, are made from a lightweight and high-strength aluminum alloy and potted in place using a proprietary process that ensures a strong and reliable bond. GreDom® inserts offer a number of advantages over traditional bonded inserts, including reduced weight, increased strength, improved reliability, and reduced costs.
Beyond Gravity's automated potted insert process is ideal for a variety of satellite applications, including satellite backbones, instrument platforms, solar panel supports, payload fairings, and deployable structures. Our inserts have been successfully flown on a number of spacecraft missions, including OneWeb and MetOp.