Colorless, Atomic Oxygen Resistant Polymers for Space Applications Triton Systems, Inc. Chelmsford, MA

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Colorless, Atomic Oxygen Resistant Polymers for
Space Applications Triton Systems,
Inc.Chelmsford, MA
Innovation Invented a new space durable thermal
control film for spacecraft thermal control
application.

• Accomplishments
• Thermal control films exhibit outstanding
  combination of thermal-optical properties and are
  more space durable than their competing
  counterparts in use.
• Triton has formed a major partnership with a key
  manufacturer with 1M of total matching funds
  offered by this partnership.
• Triton has invested in excess of 500K of its own
  funds to commercialize this technology.
• Tritons industrial partner has invested about
  500K of in-kind matching funds to commercialize
  this technology.
• Commercialization
• Product name PAE-TOR and PAE-COR Polymers
• Triton has four US Patents and patent
  applications.
• The primary target/potential market sector is its
  use in the thermal management of spacecrafts
  including emerging ComSats.
• Product is currently offered for sale.
  Advertisements are being placed in leading space
  publications.
• PAE-TOR and PAE-COR offer exceptional resistance
  to the harsh space environment. No other
  competing polymeric material offers similar
  combination of properties.

PAE-TOR and PAE-COR Thermal Control Films

• Government/Science Applications
• PAE-TOR and PAE-COR have already found
  applications in several space missions. The most
  near term application is the expected flight of
  the material as a protective coating for ProSEDS
  electrodynamic tether project managed by MSFC.
  These materials are also strong candidates for
  inflatable structures.
• If used as expected, the service life of most
  spacecraft surfaces in low earth orbit (LEO)
  could be extended by a factor of two. This step
  alone will save millions of dollars.

Points of Contact - NASA (Denise Swain
256/544-8112) - Triton Systems, Inc. (Ross
Haghighat 978/250-4200) 1994 SBIR Phase 2
NAS8-40635
Marshall Space Flight Center Date of
Update 1/5/99 Success Story 8-029