SBIR/STTR Research Award
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Award amount
$140,973Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2000Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- IMMUNETICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Not Available Astral Technology Unlimited, Inc. (ATU) proposes using commercially available films to produce ultra-light weight solar sail material weighing approximately 1.2 grams/square meter. ATU will sputter coat the film to protect it from space environment effects and use tape bonding techniques with tear stop filament reinforcement to seam web segments together. The material will be: highly reflective to solar radiation, thermally stable, tear resistant, and resist AO and UV degradation. This material will be capable of being fabricated into very large area sails.
Technology keywords
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