This CW Tech Days virtual event will explore the technologies, materials and strategies used by composites manufacturers working in the evolving space market.
Presentations from industry experts will emphasize the use of composite materials in applications requiring the weight savings, structural benefits and ability to withstand extreme temperatures that only composites can provide.
Composites in New Space Applications
Composites have been used in space since our early steps into the cosmos. Often turned to for their light weight and high strength, these materials have a history of use in spaceflight in such applications as payload fairings, satellite structures and heat shields.
Today, private companies are partnering with NASA and the ESA in new and exciting ways. Creating everything from telescoping arrays on small satellites to spacecraft and lander components, commercial space companies have helped to streamline the production of mission-enabling parts and structures. Composite materials are playing a ever-growing role in a wide range of these applications including launch systems, landing struts, load bearing structures, propulsion systems, thermal protection systems and many others.
Image source: Firefly Aerospace, Markforged and Sidus Space, Impulse Space
