Advances in Materials and Devices for Satellite Communications: Materials for Launch Vehicles

1. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Scope
• Methodology

• Noteworthy Emerging Technologies
• Noteworthy Emerging Applications

2. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT

• Technology Primer
• Applications

• Major Application Areas
• Industry Trends

3. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND FACTOR ANALYSIS

• Technology Features and Benefits
• Adoption Drivers for Materials Employed in Launch Vehicles

• Technology or Product Development Restraints
• Competing Technologies

4. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, DEVELOPMENTS IN MATERIALS FOR FUEL TANKS; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; AND ROCKET COMPONENTS

• Nontoxic Bipropellant Constant Thrust Rocket Engines and Composite Structures for Launch Vehicles--USA
• Vacuum Plasma Spray Process for Erosion-Resistant Rocket Nozzle--USA
• Air Collection and Enrichment System for In-Flight Fueling--USA
• Vortex-Cooled Combustion Chamber--USA
• Composite Cryogenic Fuel Tanks for Reusable Launch Vehicles--USA
• Dynamic Polymer Composite Enables Lightweight Liquid Rocket Engines--USA
• Thermoplastic Fluoropolymer Composite Fuel Tank for Liquid Oxygen--USA
• Low-Cost Ablative Engines and All-Composite Cryo Tanks for ELV--USA
• PMI Foam Reduces Manufacturing Costs for Interstages of Launch Vehicles--Germany

• IHPRPT Program--USA
• Integrally Woven Ceramic Composite Structures-Based Nozzles for Liquid Fueled Rocket Engines--USA
• Ceramic Materials and Manufacturing for Improved Hall Thruster Insulators--USA
• UHTCs for Rocket Propulsion and Re-Entry Vehicles--USA
• Fast Densification of Ultrahigh-Temperature Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering--Italy
• Hybrid Plasma Deposition of “Chameleon” Nanocomposite Tribological Coatings--USA

5. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, DEVELOPMENTS IN MATERIALS FOR THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES

• High-Temperature and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings for Launch Pads--USA
• Thermal Protection and Structural Health Monitoring--USA
• Smart Thermal Protection System for Re-Entry Vehicles--Germany
• Flexible External Insulation for Reusable Launch Vehicles--Germany
• Flexible Transpiration Cooled TPS for Inflatable Ballute Systems--USA
• 3D Fiber Reinforcement Preforms for TPS and Propulsion Components--USA
• Carbide-Based Aerogel for Thermal Protection Systems and Cryogenic Insulation for Launch Vehicles--USA
• Ceramic Forming Polymers for Advanced TPS--USA

• Water-Cooled Nose Cone for Re-Entry Vehicles--Netherlands
• Heat Shield Material for Crew Exploration Vehicle by NASA--USA
• Polyimide Foam Insulation Material for Space Applications--USA
• Intelligent Sensory Systems for Structural Health Monitoring of TPS--USA

6. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, PATENTS; DATABASE OF KEY INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS AND GLOSSARY

• US Patents I
• US Patents II
• European and Asian Patents

• Database of Key Industrial Participants
• Glossary

7. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, FROST & SULLIVAN 2006 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

• Award Description
• Award Recipient

• Award Description
• Award Recipient

• Award Description
• Award Recipient

8. ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

• Total Military Aircraft--World (1999 to 2006)
• Import of Aircraft; Spacecraft and Others--World (1999 to 2006)
• Export of Aircraft; Spacecraft and Others--World (1999 to 2006)
• Satellite Database by Coverage--World (1999 to 2006)
• Major Aerospace and Defense Companies--World