Photo: Obninsk Research and Production Enterprise Technologiya named after A.G. Romashin
Obninsk Research and Production Enterprise Technologiya named after A.G. Romashin has designed a next generation composite material that can be used in interplanetary spacecraft temperature control system radiators. Products made from this heat transfer carbon fiber-reinforced plastic are more than three times as light as the existing international equivalents and help to maintain the desired temperature conditions for equipment operation at temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius.
For manufacturing the new composite material, a technique was developed which involved carbon fabric impregnation with a high-temperature binding agent. Spacecraft temperature control systems made from such carbon fiber-reinforced plastic are considerably lighter than aluminum equivalents, while are significantly stronger, have better thermal conductivity and can be used under high thermal loads.
“Obninsk-based Technologiya professionals have designed a next generation material that can be also used in interplanetary spacecraft. By its specifications, the material exceeds all existing international equivalents, is suitable for operation under space cold conditions and at high temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius. This is a totally domestically built product whose complete production cycle is executed in our country to enhance import independence of the Russian aerospace sector,” said Oleg Evtushenko, Industrial Director of Rostec.
