Aerospace Stage Separation and Launch Termination
Ensign Bickford Aerospace and Defense
I worked as a project engineer on frangible joints and linear shaped charge for space launch vehicles. My projects provided stage separation and launch termination for United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and SpaceX.
I was deeply involved in requirements, design, prototyping, testing, root cause analysis, manufacturing, and validation.
Cross sections of Linear Shaped Charge used for launch termination
Test section of frangible joint used for stage separation
Full section of frangible joint used for separation