fairing

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Recent Examples of fairing SpaceX is also recovering and reusing payload fairings, the shell that encloses satellite payloads during their initial climb through the atmosphere. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025 The rocket stands over 320 feet (98 meters) tall and has a fairing nearly 23 feet (7 m) wide, which is larger than the more typical 17-foot (5 m) fairings of other rockets and allows for larger payloads. Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025 This is accomplished via the winglets on the front fairing, which create a downforce that stabilizes the entire chassis by keeping the front wheel firmly planted to the ground, particularly at high speeds. New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024 The same company also supplies payload fairings for Europe's Ariane 6 and Vega rockets. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024 Puig is a Spanish bodywork manufacturer that started out making bike fairings, then slowly expanded to making other bodywork and accessories. New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fairing
Noun
  • We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama's promise to us has been broken.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Raising a child is a gift, and there isn’t a more deserving couple of that privilege than you.
    Anna Moeslein, Parents, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tickets are now available, as well as an option to stream the concert with a minimum donation of $5.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2025
  • About 50 immigrants, mostly women and children, are waiting to pick up food donations.
    Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bowersox’s presentation was part of the Box Lunch Talk speaker series from the Carroll County Historical Society, which also celebrates the county’s 188th birthday.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Every season, the French label draws an A-list crowd of attendees, and this morning’s presentation at the Grand Palais was certainly no different.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • New hero shooter Marvel Rivals is now releasing several maps and 2-4 heroes per season, at present.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • At present, voters can check a box on their ballot giving the BBWAA permission to make their choices public two weeks after the announcement.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And Vulnicura is Björk’s estimable contribution to the breakup album canon, inspired by the end of her relationship with Matthew Barney, her partner of 11 years and the father of one of her children.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Hodgins, 26, despite being a seemingly successful Schoen claim in 2022, is one of several Giants players whose contributions to that season’s playoff berth and Wild Card victory went underappreciated in New York.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025

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