# Beyond Gravity wins ULA contract for 38 payload fairings for Amazon's Project Kuiper

Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) was awarded a contract by United Launch Alliance to supply 38 payload fairings for Vulcan rockets that will launch Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites. To handle the volume, Beyond Gravity is building a second production facility in Decatur, Alabama, creating 200 jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-10-27
- Where: Decatur, Alabama, United States
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Capacity: doubling production capacity
- Products: payload fairings, dispenser systems
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Beyond Gravity](https://endata.com/companies/66157.md)
- [Amazon](https://endata.com/companies/3952.md) (customer)
- [Amazon](https://endata.com/companies/3952.md) (partner)
- [United Launch Alliance](https://endata.com/companies/9130.md) (customer)
- [Beyond Gravity](https://endata.com/companies/66157.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/beyond-gravity-wins-major-contract-from-ula-for-amazons-project-kuiper-constellation-launches/), 2022-10-27: "I am very proud that the Vulcan launch vehicles that will carry the Kuiper constellation into space rely on our leading-edge and proven technology in the field of composite structures."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/beyond-gravity-to-supply-ula-with-composite-payload-fairings-adds-to-amazon-satellite-contract), 2022-11-02: "I am proud that the Vulcan launch vehicles that will carry the Kuiper constellation into space rely on our leading-edge and proven technology in the field of composite structures."

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