Solar absorptance and thermal emittance are essential factors for maintaining temperature control of spacecraft materials. Variables such as thickness, surface preparation, coating formulations, manufacturing techniques, and application processes can significantly influence these properties, making it crucial to measure and characterize these values during material development and quality assurance.
Surface Optics is accelerating new space technology development by providing our customers with measurement instrumentation, lab services, and thin-film space coatings. Serving the needs of the aerospace community for over 45 years, Surface Optics is a trusted partner to the world’s leading space innovators.
Optical property characterization, ensuring reliable thermal parameters of space materials through advanced laboratory testing.
Specializing in vacuum deposition coatings for spaceflight hardware, over 30 years of expertise in handling space qualified components.
Handheld reflectometers provide in-situ testing of material reflectance, aiding in performance validation from R&D to pre-flight quality control.
Portable Reflectometers for Rapid Absorptance & Emittance Measurements
Solar absorptance and thermal emittance are essential factors for maintaining temperature control of spacecraft materials. Variables such as thickness, surface preparation, coating formulations, manufacturing techniques, and application processes can significantly influence these properties, making it crucial to measure and characterize these values during material development and quality assurance.
Surface Optics is accelerating new space technology development by providing our customers with measurement instrumentation, lab services, and thin-film space coatings. Serving the needs of the aerospace community for over 45 years, Surface Optics is a trusted partner to the world’s leading space innovators.
Thin-Film Coatings Services for the Space Industry
The Surface Optics coatings lab is a preferred supplier to the space industry and is ready to assist your mission with:
After more than 30 years of designing and delivering high-precision coatings, Surface Optics has enjoyed collaborating on numerous space flight programs and contributing to the success of our customer’s missions.
Launch Date: May 2018
Launch Date: June 2001
Launch Date: September 2021
Kepler Space Telescope
Portable Reflectometers for Rapid Absorptance & Emittance Measurements
The Surface Optics coatings lab is a preferred supplier to the space industry and is ready to assist your mission with: