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Here you see the carbon fiber interstage coupler.
The triad of cutouts along the rim are for the pneumatic pushers that separate the boost stage from the upper stages of the Falcon9 rocket.
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Carbon fiber, very strong stuff, usually worked under vacuum for air bubbles to disappear and for maximum bond and tightness of the fiber material.
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@Vasudev (Vas) Bhandarkar – that’s the plan.
Oh, and here is an action photo of the stage separation on the last flight to the ISS:
P.S. This facility used to be owned by Boeing, and I spotted evidence of their presence on the floor of one of the buildings:
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Thanks for sharing. I used it under CC for this post
mexicanlawblog.com/companies-suspended-from-immex-have-a-…
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