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CTD�s TEMBO Elastic Memory Composites (EMC) applications in prosthetics and sporting goods highlighted in Missile Defense Agency publication �TechUpdate�
September 1, 2009
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CTD Heater Cable Technology for Oil Shale Recovery featured
in Technology Review article
April 8, 2009
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CTD Heater Cable Technology for Oil Shale Recovery featured
in Colorado Energy News article
April 1, 2009
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CTD TEMBO� Reflector Technology featured in Space News article
April 1, 2009
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CTD Successfully Demonstrates the
Application of a Ceramic-Composite Insulated Heater Cable for Oil
Shale Recovery
March 31, 2009
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TEMBO� Reflectors provide Higher Frequency and Larger Aperture Satellite Capabilities
January 30, 2008
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CTD Named to Boulder Daily Camera Top 25 list of Women Owned Businesses
in Boulder County, Colorado.
November 15, 2007
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CTD article on Elastic Memory Composite Stiffeners for a Flexible Precision
Reflector featured in Composites in
Manufacturing 2nd Quarter 2007 online journal.
November 15th, 2007
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Composite Technology Development, Inc. President Naseem Munshi Named Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2007 for the Technology Sector
Lafayette, Colorado, June 21, 2007
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Astronaut Sunita Williams successfully completed all test protocols intended
for the Elastic Memory Composite Hinge (EMCH) experiment.
Lafayette, Colorado, May 26, 2007
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First operational space mission for Elastic Memory Composite Hinge
Second flight for CTD in less than two weeks
Lafayette, Colorado, December 16, 2006
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TEMBO® hinges to deploy
solar array on TacSat 2
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The first on-orbit deployment of a CTD TEMBO® Elastic Memory Composite (EMC) hinge occurred on
Saturday, December 16, 2006.Thirty one minutes after launch two TEMBO® hinges successfully deployed
a solar array on the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat2 satellite. Lofted into orbit from
NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility onboard a Minotaur I earlier that day, this is the first
operational space mission for TEMBO® EMC hinges. This mission demonstrated the operation of TEMBO®
EMC materials in the harsh environment of space. Furthermore, the flight hinges had been cycled
numerous times during acceptance testing and stowed for more than a year prior to deployment in space.
This is the second flight for TEMBO® EMC Hinges. On December 9th, 2006 the EMCH experiment launched on
Space Shuttle Discovery. Sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, EMCH will validate the operational
robustness of TEMBO® EMC hinges in zero gravity on the International Space Station.
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RAPDAR Solar Array
TEMBO® High Frequency,
Large Aperture Reflectors
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TEMBO® EMC Hinges were developed to deploy solar arrays, communications, and optical
systems in space. Combining carbon fiber reinforcement and shape memory polymers, TEMBO® composites
replace complex mechanical deployment systems with simpler and lighter ones. The use of TEMBO® hinges
on TacSat 2 will complement the EMCH experiment currently on the International Space Station. This
heritage of space performance will ensure future mission managers that TEMBO® composites are ready to fly.
TEMBO® is the start of something big! Traditional size and scaling barriers for spacecraft deployable
systems will vanish. Future mission concepts requiring large lightweight structures are now near
realization. Based on TEMBO® composites, CTD is developing RAPDAR, Roll-out and Passively Deployed
Array, a lightweight deployable solar array that provides more power to a satellite than current solar
arrays. CTD is also using TEMBO® materials to develop large aperture, high frequency reflectors, that
provide more bandwidth at a lower cost than current reflector designs.
For more information please contact CTD (www.ctd-materials.com) and see how your solutions can take
off with TEMBO® hinges and deployable structures.
Read more about this on
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Elastic Memory Composite Hinge In Orbit Aboard Discovery
December 9, 2006
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AFRL Delivers Linerless Composite Tanks For Nanosat-3 (PDF Download)
December 7, 2006
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Elastic Memory Composite Hinge Launch Scheduled for December 7th,2006
November 29th, 2006
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Elastic Memory Composite Hinge to be on International Space Station
October 10th, 2006
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CTD's DOE Phase II SBIR from the U.S. Department of Energy for High Energy Physics
was reported in the August 7 issue of Superconductor Week.
August 18th, 2006
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Linerless Composite Pressure Vessel Qualified for Flight
August 1st, 2006
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Boulder Daily Camera Highlights CTD
May 22nd, 2006 |
Seven CTD Papers debut at SDM Conference
May 3rd, 2006 |
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