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: a member or structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and to reduce drag (as on an airplane)
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Noun (1)
business takes him to all corners of the globe, but he never fails to bring back fairings for the family back in London
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
First, there is the commonality in payload fairings.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
Relativity Space Ellis is not wrong—there is considerable demand for medium- and heavy-lift launch vehicles with large fairings that can carry multiple satellites to space, particularly from Amazon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
Apu Gomes/Getty Images The first stage boosters and payload fairings for Falcon 9 rockets are reused, while SpaceX builds brand new upper stages for each Falcon 9 flight.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
That’s because of a nearly 23-foot diameter fairing compared to the roughly 17- to 18-foot diameter fairings found on Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Vulcan Centaur.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
And all of this is possible through the reuse of the rocket's first stage and payload fairings, each of which have now proven capable of flying 20 or more times.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
For example, there are cab-side fairings that connect to the trailer and keep the airflow from detaching between the tractor and trailer that boost overall fuel efficiency by 7 percent.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
The tests included identifying hardware on electronics vans, fairings on fighter jets and missile tubes on warships.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Video shows stunning view of Earth from Falcon 9
The in-space video shows a group of Starlink satellites as two pieces of protective hardware, known as payload fairings, fall away from the Falcon 9 rocket that carried the payload to orbit.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
First, there is the commonality in payload fairings.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
Relativity Space Ellis is not wrong—there is considerable demand for medium- and heavy-lift launch vehicles with large fairings that can carry multiple satellites to space, particularly from Amazon.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
Apu Gomes/Getty Images The first stage boosters and payload fairings for Falcon 9 rockets are reused, while SpaceX builds brand new upper stages for each Falcon 9 flight.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
That’s because of a nearly 23-foot diameter fairing compared to the roughly 17- to 18-foot diameter fairings found on Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Vulcan Centaur.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
And all of this is possible through the reuse of the rocket's first stage and payload fairings, each of which have now proven capable of flying 20 or more times.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
For example, there are cab-side fairings that connect to the trailer and keep the airflow from detaching between the tractor and trailer that boost overall fuel efficiency by 7 percent.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
The tests included identifying hardware on electronics vans, fairings on fighter jets and missile tubes on warships.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Fairing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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