As part of the collaboration, nano-engineering technology developed by UNSW in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Omni Tanker, and Omni Tanker’s OmniBIND technology would be used to develop two new operational scale propellant tanks for storing cryogenic liquid fuels for commercial and civil satellite programs.
The propellant tanks include a ‘Type IV’ fluoropolymer-lined carbon fibre composite tank, and a ‘Type V’ linerless carbon fibre composite tank.
Both tanks are designed for high pressures, the extreme cryogenic temperatures required for liquid hydrogen as well as oxygen, hydrogen peroxide and hydrazine.
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