Glazing of Spacecraft
Glavkosmos
Heat-resistant, high-strength, radiation-optically-resistant glass of optical quality designed for spacecraft cockpit glazing, capable of withstanding pressure differences and extreme temperatures.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Design life
- 15 years
- Lead time
- 3 months
- TRL
- 9
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Year of release
- 1979
- Design life
- at least 15 years
- Lead time
- 2-3 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- Yes
- Brief history of flight qualification
- Buran spacecraft.
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Surface compression stress
- at least 150 Mpa
- Operation temperature
- 700 K
- Double refraction nm/cm
- 40
About
This product provides cockpit glazing for spacecraft, featuring a double-chamber structure. Its primary glass is engineered to withstand the significant pressure difference between the cockpit’s internal air pressure and the vacuum of space. The glazing is made from heat-resistant, high-strength, and radiation-optically-resistant glass of optical quality. It was first released in 1979 and boasts a guaranteed service life of at least 15 years. The product has undergone flight qualification, with a brief history of flight qualification on the Buran spacecraft. The manufacturer offers the possibility to adapt the product to customer-specific requirements. Key specifications include a surface compression stress of at least 150 MPa, an operation temperature of 700 K, and a double refraction of 40 nm/cm.
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