Called Pridwen, the foldable heat shield could make it possible for retired satellites to return safely to Earth for reuse.
the new foldable heat shield earlier this week in a press release, saying Pridwen is engineered with an alloy capable of withstanding the harsh temperatures caused by the friction of plummeting through Earth’s atmosphere.The company has been developing this technology for over four years thanks to funding from the U.K. Space Agency and the European Space Agency .
SpaceX revolutionized the rocket industry by reusing its Falcon 9 boosters; Space Forge is hoping to do something similar for satellites, which are typically wasted at the end of their lives. Space Forge is also developing an autonomous water-based vehicle called Fielder to catch incoming spacecraft in its quest to create in-orbit manufacturing infrastructure.
“Supermaterials made in space will be able to save industries on Earth enormous amounts of energy, limiting their [carbon dioxide] emissions in a way their terrestrial counterparts can never match,” Space Forge CTO and co-founder Andrew Bacon said in the press release. “Pridwen and Fielder are key parts of our plan to develop fully reusable manufacturing satellites that can kick start a new industrial revolution.
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