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Film and Tape Products For Space

Trusted Materials & Supplies For Your Next Mission

SQUID3 Space™ Silver AlphaFEP is a high-performance flexible film radiator technology manufactured for space, cryogenic, and optical applications. Also known as Silver Teflon® or Ag/FEP, SQUID3's Silver AlphaFEP is commonly implemented as a Flexible Optical Solar Reflector (FOSR). From LEO small satellites to mega constellations, Silver AlphaFEP is optimized for bonding on wide-profiled structural panels. On-orbit degradation is well-characterized by NASA, ESA, and JAXA in flight literature. Silver AlphaFEP incorporates FEP film exclusively extruded from Teflon® FEP 100 resin.

 

Applications for SQUID3's Silver AlphaFEP tapes

  • Spacecraft Thermal Control

  • Second Surface Mirrors

  • Typical non-polar LEO missions

  • Quantum Computing

  • Cryogenic Flexible Cables

 

Materials Quality and Traceability

SQUID3 Space™ Silver AlphaFEP Tape is manufactured under a certified ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System facility. Complete material and manufacturing lot records, which include archive samples of finished product, are maintained by SQUID3. All products are shipped with a Certificate of Analysis.

 

Disclaimer

Teflon® is a Registered Trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC

10-mil Silver AlphaFEP Tape with 3M 966 PSA Sheet

Quantity

Solar Absorptance

9%

Total Hemispherical Emittance

85%

Thickness

10 mil

Width

12"

Length

12"

Adhesive Type

3M 966

ASTM E-595 Compliance

TML <1.0% and CVCM <0.1% (Low Outgassing)


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