METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING BODY STRUCTURE FOR SPACECRAFT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for assembling a resin body structure for a spacecraft, which reliably protects a spacecraft body against vibrations and impacts at a launch, and which achieves significant weight saving and manufacturing cost reduction.SOLUTION: A body structure comprises shells 14 and 15 made of a PEEK resin, and assumes a truncated octahedron shape. The shells 14 and 15 face each other to make fusion margins 46 face each other. A single fusion-bonding sheet 92 is arranged between the fusion margins 46. The pair of fusion margins 46 are heated and pressed by a pressing machine 80 in a state in which the fusion-bonding sheet 92 is sandwiched between them.