SpaceX Launches the GPS III SV01 Satellite on December 23, 2018.
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Tags: Aluminum Foil Thermal Straps, Aluminum Thermal Straps, Solderless Flexible Thermal Links
...It sure has been busy at TAI this year--and only getting busier as we approach 2019. In another first, MIT Lincoln Laboratory procured sets of our standard P5-506 and G5-502 Copper and Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps (CuTS® & GFTS®), for an evaluation program to determine the best strap types for future spaceflight programs.
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I am happy to announce that TAI recently delivered several spaceflight model (FM) Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps (GFTS®) to Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), to be incorporated on instruments destined for NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, scheduled for launch in 2021.
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Tags: thermal straps, graphite thermal straps, GFTS Spaceflight Heritage, NASA IXPE Mission
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Tags: copper thermal straps,, NASA thermal straps, CuTS Spaceflight Heritage, osiris-rex
In a year of records and firsts, I am happy to announce yet another from the TAI team: we have just completed—and now offer the industry's first—gold-plated, swaged OFHC copper foil thermal strap (CuFS). The large prototype unit (pictured below), was manufactured by TAI for an R&D program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Illinois.
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The TAI team is thrilled to announce we have completed a development program for NASA, which focused on providing a passive cooling solution with the lowest allowable stiffness requirement ever applied to a thermal strap/flexible thermal link, in NASA's history.
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Tags: pgs thermal straps, X-Series Thermal Straps, Ultra-Low Stiffness Thermal Straps, NASA Programs
TAI is now happy to offer optional Al 6061 end fittings for all of our custom and standard model Copper Thermal Strap (CuTS®) products. This new customization offering is in response to customer demand, and a thermal strap program completed earlier this month.
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Following up on our blog from last week, TAI is now shipping out the EnMAP copper thermal straps, star tracker adapter fittings, and various extension and evaporator plates to OHB and the DLR. This was a terrific program to work on, with extensive spaceflight qualification requirements.
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TAI is shipping out our first set of custom Cryocooler Series (CS) Copper Thermal Straps (CuTS®) designed for an Ametek SunPower CryoTel GT cryocooler. The cryocooler is cooling a new thermal vacuum chamber being designed and installed at NASA JPL.
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