2014年10月27日苏黎世报道,瑞士RUAG航天公司计划不久将使用3D打印的部件制造卫星,从而使他们更轻、更便宜。作为项目一部分研究,RUAG航天公司的专家制造了地球观测卫星的天线支架。过去该公司为欧洲太空署(ESA)提供了类似的用传统工艺制造的Sentinel-1A雷达卫星用支架。RUAG公司与Altair公司现已重新设计了该支架,以便优化3D打印。3D打印部件由德国EOS公司完成,最终的3D打印部件质量仅为过去部件质量的一半,并且具有良好的刚度。 October 27, 2014 Zurich reports that RUAG Aerospace Switzerland plans to make satellites using 3D-printed components soon, making them lighter and cheaper. As part of a project study, RUAG Aerospace experts manufacture the antenna support for Earth Observation Satellites. In the past, the company had provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with a similar stent made of Sentinel-1A radar satellites using conventional processes. RUAG and Altair have now redesigned the stand to optimize 3D printing. 3D printed parts by the German EOS company to complete, the final 3D printing parts quality is only half the quality of the past components, and has good stiffness.