Use plan from the industrial end users and for technologies developed in the frame of ABLAMOD

Abstract

ABLAMOD technologies have a relevant technological impact with respect to the innovative thermal protection system for space transportation systems, interplanetary mission vehicles and thermally highly loaded structures like combustion chambers of solid and hybrid propulsion. An industrialization plan has initially identified the technology development steps to reach space qualification followed by an industrial and procurement plan to allow ablator material application in space transportation and other relevant industrial areas. During the ABLAMOD project the potential of all three major ablation materials, i.e. carbon based ablators, cork based ablators and silicon based materials for re-entry missions and interplanetary missions have been verified. Potential use of these materials for other space applications has been discussed. The key achievements are the characterization of the materials and flow environment of the ablation tests by means of novel diagnostics, systematic tests defined based on the trajectory of typical missions and numerical rebuilding of tests using improved modelling developed within ABLAMOD. In the framework of ABLAMOD and for its developed technologies the document provides a Use and Industrialization plan from DLR and the main industrial partners.