Atomic Oxygen Tolerance Material Incorporated in D-Sail Membrane
Enhances Environmental Durability of Deorbit Device
The Atomic-Oxygen (AO) Tolerant Polyimide Film “BSF-30,” developed by Nippon Steel Chemical & Material has been selected for use on the Deployable Deorbit Mechanism D-SAIL, a deorbiting device for satellites. D-SAIL, co-developed by Axelspace and Sakase•Adtech, will be installed on all seven of Axelspace’s next-generation Earth observation microsatellit…
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