DSTAR Communications
Created: 2020-05-17
Updated: 2022-10-21
Company - DSTAR Communications
- Founded
- Country
- 2019
- USA
- Website
- DSTAR Communications
Service
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
ISS Utilization Service
- Fields
- Raw Materials
- Status
- 3) Development
- First launch
- ?
- Partners
- FOMS, Visioneering Space, Lunar Resources
Markets for products manufactured by this facility include infrared optical fibers in medical and defense applications and ultralight solar arrays for commercial and military space platforms. The unique microgravity environment of space eliminates convection and sedimentation that occur on Earth, enabling the manufacture of premium quality materials and products with fewer defects and improved performance. In addition, the vacuum of space enables vacuum deposition in the same facility for improved reliability and improved functionality of the resulting products.
The DSTAR Communications team includes partners FOMS of San Diego, California, Visioneering Space of Boise, Idaho, and Lunar Resources of Houston.
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