# Launch42 Separation Systems
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Launch42 pyro-free, shock-free separation systems and launch adapters for small satellite missions.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: launch42
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: launch_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-26
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **subtype**: deployer
- **provider**: launch42
- **attributes**: {"kind":"launcher","product_status":null,"manufacturer":"launch42","description":"Launch42 pyro-free, shock-free separation systems and launch adapters for small satellite missions.","sensor":null,"bus":null,"ground_segment":null,"launcher":null,"analysis_service":null,"deployment_context":"orbital"}

## Editorial
Launch42 Separation Systems are a small-satellite separation systems and launch adapters product family for orbital launch integration hardware.[^launch42-hardware]

The family covers separation systems and test hardware for CubeSats and MicroSats.[^launch42-hardware]

The systems use pyro-free, shock-free actuation and have resettable, scalable, lightweight, and ITAR-free designs.[^launch42-flyer]

Canister-free, resettable separation systems reduce launch mass and material waste.[^launch42-about]

Adjacent Launch42 offerings include satellite interface adapters, custom ground support equipment, launch vehicle integration, logistics, and licensing.[^launch42-flyer]

Separation-system selection for small spacecraft depends on flange and load compatibility, stiffness and strength criteria, and low-shock release for sensitive instruments.[^nasa-soa-separation-systems]

## Sources
- [launch42-hardware] | Launch42 separation systems and test hardware page | https://www.launch42.nl/hardware | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-26
- [launch42-about] | Launch42 about page | https://www.launch42.nl/about | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-26
- [launch42-flyer] | Launch42 company flyer | https://www.spacened.nl/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Launch42-Company-Flyer.pdf | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-26 | published=2026-02-01
- [nasa-soa-separation-systems] | NASA Small Spacecraft Technology State-of-the-Art: separation systems section | https://www.nasa.gov/smallsat-institute/sst-soa/integration-launch-and-deployment/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-05-26 | published=2026-05-18

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