What does PLF stand for?

Payload Fairing (NASA)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The next major activity is the installation of the payload fairing around the STSS spacecraft next week on Sept.

United States: NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report 4 ...

launch managers declared a contingency after the payload fairing failed to separate.

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Similarly, the vehicle can fly with either a four- or five-meter payload fairing to accommodate a wide variety of payloads.

The evolved expendable launch vehicle: tough decisions to assure ...

At the Astrotech Space Operations Facility, the GOES-O spacecraft is enclosed in the payload fairing.

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The rocket also debuted a new 61-inch payload fairing, the protective cover that encases the satellite as it flies through the atmosphere.

Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur Rocket Carrying U.S. Air ...

The sun shield is designed to inflate and deploy after jettison of the launch vehicle payload fairing to reflect the suns rays away from the upper stage tanks, thereby minimizing the liquid boil-off of the two super-cold propellants.

United States: United Launch Alliance Completes Partnership Program ...

As part of this phase, AirLaunch recently accomplished Milestone 3, which consisted of completed assembly of the payload fairing and additional engine test firings of its QuickReach(TM) stage two engine.

DARPA, Air Force and AirLaunch LLC Drop Test Sets New C-17 Record

Separation of the clamshell nose cone, or payload fairing, is sparked after a series of electrical pulses that drive small explosives on the vehicle.

United States: Disappointing end mars VAFB launch