SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight Cryogenic Radiator
Award amount
$599,968Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Energy Science Laboratories, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This SBIR Phase 2 project shall develop lightweight materials with high emissivity for radiative cooling down to 30 K, as needed by NASA for advanced spacecraft including the JWST mission. The materials are based on carbon fibers in an engineered configuration that creates blackbody features as well as millimeter wave antenna absorber features. The carbon fiber approach is fundamentally lightweight, structurally robust, thermally conductive, and permits a broad range of configurations. Selected emitter materials configurations will be fabricated and tested for model validation.
Technology keywords
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