Case Study: Astra achieves 10× faster development of reliable rocket launch systems with Altair SimSolid (Altair)

Altair SimSolid Streamlines Product Development Cycles for Rocket Launch Systems

Astra, an Alameda-based aerospace company offering low-cost orbital launch services, faced long, tedious product development and analysis cycles and needed a way for engineers to assess structural and thermal behavior much earlier without extensive upskilling, model build time, or preprocessing. To address this, Astra evaluated tools from Altair, adopting Altair SimSolid® to streamline early-stage simulation work.

Altair implemented SimSolid®, a meshless structural analysis solution that runs directly on full CAD assemblies, eliminating geometry simplification and lengthy meshing. The result for Astra was dramatic: analysis and reporting that previously took hours now complete in a tenth of the time (effectively 10x faster), enabling faster design decisions, reduced analysis resource needs, easier team training, and accelerated product development and time to market. Altair’s SimSolid® therefore delivered both the speed and accuracy Astra required.

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