eNOVA is pleased to announce that the company and its partners
- IFTH : (Institut Français du Textile et de l’Habillement) for material & process characterisation & Tests
- RTech : (CFD analyst on hypersonic reentry)
- CNRS-Icare : (Plasma Wind Tunnel Test facility)
has successfully completed the development of its F-TPS (Flexible Thermal Protection System)
It was a unique opportunity to achieve :
A complete survey of international providers of ceramic textile references
A complete survey of potential European partners able to those ceramic process
A unique opportunity of in-house production capability
via sewing machine procurement and technological validation
This allow to produce in-house 3 scenarios of F-TPS cloths :
- Low-cost versions of oxide ceramics for NEWSPACE Market
- High-Legacy versions of oxide ceramics for LEO Reentry -> 350-400 KW/m²
- High-Performance version non-oxide ceramics for energetic reentries -> 750-1MW/m²
Thanks again to CNES personnel (reviewers and sponsors) to have make it possible
Find hereattached our final photo-finish “ BFS Squadron”
From Left to Right :
- Initial conceptual Mock-up for Communications purposes
- Final F-TPS FLIGHT DEMO on Mechanical Stand (Heat Cleaned & ISO 8)
- Final F-TPS TECHNO DEMO on Cubesat 12U / 16U Deployer M
Bottom :
- Final F-TPS KIN DEMO on Mechanical Folding Mock-up
