- be
better design choices: SLA in SLA-561V
stands for
super light-weight
ablator. SLA-561V is a
proprietary ablative made by
Lockheed Martin that has been...
-
Ablation (Latin:
ablatio – removal) is the
removal or
destruction of
something from an
object by vaporization, chipping,
erosive processes, or by other...
-
slightly curved heat
shield on the
bottom consists of "21mm to 28mm
thick ablator (gl****-phenolic composite)
which is held by
brackets approximately 15mm...
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Silicone Impregnated Refractory Ceramic Ablator, or SIRCA, is a
lightweight ceramic ablative material,
often used in
thermal protection systems to protect...
- in-flight
anomaly that was
corrected with the
planned improvement for the SRB
ablator.: 127 For STS-107,
Columbia carried the
SpaceHab Research Double Module...
-
using a
quartz fiber reinforced resin. The
first use of a super-light
ablator (SLA) for
spacecraft purposes was for the
Viking Landers in 1976. SLA would...
- heat
shield for the
rover was made out of phenolic-impregnated
carbon ablator (PICA), to
allow it to
withstand up to 2,400 °F (1,320 °C) of heat. Like...
- a
system logic chipset introduced in 1993 Phenolic-impregnated
carbon ablator, a
spacecraft heat
shield material Pre-integrated COF APM, part of the...
-
during both
launch and reentry. The
capsule uses the
Boeing Lightweight Ablator for its re-entry heat shield.
Solar cells provided by
Boeing subsidiary...
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ablative material (also
called an "
ablator"), that
dissipates heat
generated by
atmospheric friction. The
ablator itself is a
blend of cork wood, binder...
