Making space even cooler

Thermal control for the next generation of space infrastructure.
Astracene specializes in deployable radiators and deployable trusses for smallsats all the way through to space megastructures, including orbital data centers and space-based power beaming applications.  

Deployable Radiators

Astracene is developing a unique spacecraft radiator system that is scalable from 1kW to 100kW.  Utilizing its novel patent-pending deployment architecture and an active cooling system.
Astracene’s system offers key advantages: 
  • 12x higher heat dissipation than traditional passive systems. 
  • Constant spacecraft interface temperature, reducing thermal modelling requirements. 
  • Retractable and redeployable variants, essential for RPO or reentry. 
Astracene’s deployable radiator technology has passed a competitive technical review and is designated as “awardable” on the DARPA ERIS Marketplace. 

Deployable Trusses

Currently under development, Astracene’s patent-pending deployable truss is scalable from small systems up to orbital datacenter sizes, and can deploy to 30m+ in length. 
The truss provides higher stiffness and longer deployed lengths compared with other architectures, while the modular architecture of Astracene’s system enables rapid customization. 
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Astracene Assessed “Awardable” for DARPA ERIS Marketplace

Astracene, Inc., a space infrastructure company pioneering innovative approaches to space radiators and trusses today announced that it has achieved  “Awardable” status through DARPA Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) Marketplace.