Transport of Launchers and Spacecraft Assemblies

Transport exposes aerospace assemblies and subassemblies to shocks, vibrations and mechanical loads that can compromise their structural and functional integrity.

SOCITEC develops tailored damping solutions as well as specific packaging to ensure the integrity of equipment and prevent the risk of structural or functional damage during multimodal transport. SOCITEC also offers real-time vibration monitoring solutions to verify transport conditions and control transport-related risks.

Space hardware is effectively irreplaceable once built, and its pre-launch journey (from cleanroom to integration site to launch base) chains several transport modes, each with its own shock and vibration profile.

A subtle, undetected transport defect can compromise a payload that only reveals its failure once in orbit, where nothing can be corrected.

This is why transport protection combines purpose-built packaging, project-specific isolation and real-time monitoring, so that the integrity of every assembly is controlled and documented from factory to launch pad.