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News Published on 5/22/2020
SpaceAM announces preliminary lineup for September event

A conference and exhibition highlighting the use of advanced materials in space technology is scheduled to take place Sept. 15-16, 2020 in Leicester, U.K. 

Article Published on 7/14/2021
Virgin Orbit automates composites machining processes for LauncherOne rockets

Part of the company’s larger strategy for reducing cycle times and labor costs on its composite-intensive rockets, a customized machine center from Multiax America solves composite machining challenges.

News Published on 4/4/2022
UCF, NASA researchers design charged composite “power suits” for electric vehicles and spacecraft

The lightweight, supercapacitor-battery hybrid composite material has the potential to store energy to supplement the power typically stored in batteries.

News Published on 9/11/2020
Vega VV16 rocket launches with Bercella composites dispenser structure onboard

The CFRP dispenser structure, developed for the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS), was successfully launched for the European Space Agency.

News Published on 8/9/2018
Rocket Lab Electron rocket missions slated for late 2018

Rocket Lab’s It’s Business Time mission will launch in November, with the ELaNa XIX mission for NASA to follow soon after in December.

Article Published on 9/12/2017
Rocket Lab all-composite Electron launch vehicle

New player scaling up two-stage rocket to relieve small-satellite launch backlog.

News Published on 11/12/2018
Rocket Lab launches 7 payloads into orbit

The mission, named “It’s Business Time,” marks Rocket Lab’s second successful orbital launch of its all-composite Electron launch vehicle.

Article Published on 9/13/2018
NASA tests foldable heat shield

NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology (ADEPT) is a foldable carbon fabric device that opens to make an umbrella-like heat shield.

Article Published on 10/12/2023
Composite molding compound replaces Invar for lightweight small satellite structures

Patz Materials and Technologies and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new monolithic optics housing with 80% less weight, near-zero CTE and the high-volume manufacturing required for commercial space.

News Published on 5/29/2018
Rocket Lab confirms new launch window for "It's Business Time" mission

The mission’s 14-day launch window will open from June 23 to July 6 at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

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