EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
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eelv-secondary-payload-adapter-287-2382709
title:
EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
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The EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) is an adapter for launching secondary payloads on orbital launch vehicles. Originally developed for US launch vehicles in the 2000s to launch secondary payloads on space missions of the United States Department of Defense that used the Atlas V and Delta IV, the adapter design has become a de facto standard and is now also used for spaceflight missions on non-governmental private spacecraft missions as well. For example, multiple ESPA rings were used on a
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Spacecraft-rocket stage connector used as an American spaceflight industry standard
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EELV_Secondary_Payload_Adapter
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2023-01-31T20:54:04Z
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