Thales Alenia Space Tests 3-D-Printed Satellite Parts

JERUSALEM — European satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space has successfully completed vibration acceptance tests of two aluminum antenna supports that the company says are the largest spacecraft components ever produced in Europe using powder-bed additive manufacturing. The antenna supports are...

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