Composite Spacecraft Structures and Booms
CTD (Composite Technology Development)- ProductsComposite booms, solar array substrates, antenna reflectors, structural panels
- Boom typesDeployed by spring (bistable) or motorized; self-deploying shape-memory variants
- MaterialCFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer), graphite/cyanate ester, M55J/RS-3
Composite Technology Development's (CTD) carbon fiber reinforced polymer spacecraft booms, solar array substrates, antenna reflectors, and precision space…