Applications / Launch Vehicles
Launch Vehicles
Pressure Storage & Composite Structures for Launch Programs
- Pressurant & gas storage
- Composite structures
- Qualification & acceptance
Pressure Storage & Composite Structures for Launch Programs
Launch systems demand high structural efficiency, controlled mass and qualification discipline. Steelhead supports launch-vehicle programs with Type III COPVs, pressurant and gas-storage solutions, composite rocket motor casings and a development path that connects engineering, filament winding, testing and production.
Relevant Steelhead Solutions.
Choose a starting point, then review the configuration around the program.
Type III COPVs
Pressurant and gas-storage hardware
Stronghold platforms provide a starting point for pressure-storage requirements in launch programs.
Composite Casings & Tubes
Propulsion and cylindrical structures
Composite structural hardware supported by design, filament winding, manufacturing and qualification capabilities.
Compact & Ride-Share Platforms
Narrow-diameter packaging
Aerospace vessel options for compact envelopes and ride-share integration requirements.
Prototype and build-to-print hardware, qualification and acceptance testing, and production transition are part of the same development path. Confirm the final platform dimensions, volume, materials and qualification requirements with Steelhead.
Program-focused engineering
Connect the Prototype to the Production Process.
Steelhead can begin with an existing platform, development objective or build-to-print requirement, then keep manufacturing and test feedback connected as the hardware progresses.
Start With the Mission Requirements.
Share the pressure, gas or fluid, volume, envelope, mass target, operating environment, interfaces, qualification basis, quantities and schedule. Steelhead can help identify an existing platform or define a development path.
Application & contents
The mission, gas or fluid, and intended function.
Pressure & volume
Operating pressure, stored volume and duty cycle.
Mass & packaging
The available envelope, mass target, ports and mounting.
Environment & qualification
Operating environment, qualification basis and applicable requirements.
Hardware & quantities
Prototype needs and anticipated production quantities.
Program schedule
Development milestones and target delivery dates.
Start with the requirement
Bring Us the Mission.
Talk with Steelhead’s aerospace engineering team about the application rather than forcing the program into a catalog product.