Waveguide openings filled with high-temperature dielectric preserve radar coverage through a thermal protection skin under extreme hypersonic heating.
A sleeved, welded-cover fastener keeps panel surfaces protected while allowing direct head access and reducing high-temperature maintenance time.
A titanium skin, SFR layer, and multicellular core manage hypersonic heat with lower weight and reusable thermal protection.
A titanium SPF/DB sandwich panel uses a multicellular core and SFR layer to handle hypersonic heat while staying lightweight and reusable.
LPBF builds permeable and non-permeable nozzle sections in one part to control coolant flow, simplify fabrication, and improve heat flux management.
By reorienting a radiative surface toward or away from the sun, small satellites can control heat without added thermal hardware.
An RTV silicone coating reinforced with Kevlar pulp and silica protects low-density ablators from rain, sand, and handling damage without adding heavy materials.
An integrated frame, hinged arms, and heat shield give CubeSats thermal protection and faster de-orbiting without major size or cost growth.
Radial heat shield panels with integrated photovoltaics save CubeSat space while enabling re-entry deployment, power generation, and trim stability.
A siloxane-bonded RTV silicone layer shields low-density ablators from rain, sand, and handling damage while avoiding heavier thermal protection materials.
An origami-like heat shield unfolds from compact launch storage to add drag and reduce heat flux during spacecraft atmospheric entry.
A removable tape overwrap applies hoop stress to wound carbon preforms, limiting interlaminar failure during densification.
Yttrium displaces niobium in a porous preform, expanding reaction volume to preserve near-net shape without sintering shrinkage.
Graded carbon-carbon composites use a continuous matrix to prevent delamination from thermally induced interlaminar tension during reentry.
A coating shifts thermal radiation frequency to penetrate plasma layers.
Composite insulation mat reduces radiative heat transfer through high temperature carbon and silicon carbide fibers.
A thermal barrier coating with a superlattice bond layer protects titanium substrates from oxidation at 1000°C.
A silicone ablator composition uses boron compounds to absorb thermal energy and protect structures from extreme heat.
Segmented attachment systems with flexible intermediate layers allow rapid tile removal, reducing maintenance time while maintaining structural reliability.
An ablator combines carbon fibers, granular phenol resin, and binder resin to balance flexibility with thermal protection during reentry.