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Component

Primary Structure

The main load-bearing frame of the spacecraft, which carries the launch loads and provides the rigid backbone to which everything else is mounted.

Part of Structure

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.