aero
space

LARGE AND SMALL
DEPLOYABLE SPACE
STRUCTURES

With over two decades of unwavering expertise in the realm of development and manufacturing, we take pride in crafting exceptional deployable structures.


Our cutting-edge solutions incorporate high-performance materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastics, ensuring lightweight precision that is second to none. These structures have revolutionized the field of satellite components, enabling groundbreaking research programs to reach new heights of excellence.

SPACE DEPLOYABLE MASTS

Modular construction

Our privileged minds thrive on engineering deployable masts, combining CFRP materials with cutting-edge technology.

Our motto: lightweight, durable, and cost-effective solutions. Challenges invigorate us; we eagerly embrace them. We design complex,constructible shapes with reversible deployment and folding.

Our goal: enhanced predictability and ground testability for deployable booms. We develop designs tolerant of manufacturing imperfections, incorporating simple and reliable deployment systems.

 

  • 1 – 50 meters long
  • Ultralight
  • Utracompact.
  • High stiffness, accuracy and stability.
  • Modular, Scalable.
  • Passive Deployment mechanism.
  • Longest, stifest, lightest, European mast deployed in 0g conditions.

 

full carbon self deployable booms

FULL CARBON SELF
DEPLOYABLE BOOMS

The articulated space boom is ultralight, and is made entirely of carbon fiber. This allows you to deploy instruments and systems reliably and accurately. Passive and damped self-deployment, which allows you to minimize the risk of high inertia and shock loads during deployment.

This boom developed by Prosix allows the folding and unfolding    multiple times at various velocities and depending on mission requirements reducing structural vibration responses and deployment shocks on elastic hinges.

 

  • Up to 28 m. Full CFRP deployable boom.
  • No metallic mechanisms needed.
  • Extremely light and accurate
  • Carries tip masses such as reflectors or
    magnetometers.
  • Damped deployment
  • 100% Carbon Fiber

 

SPACE DEPLOYABLE
ANTENNA REFLECTORS

Modular construction

We do technology that provides a low weight, compactly deployable support structures suitable for large and small deployable apertures. We have one shot at it, so with our experience, knowledge and brainpower, we build fail safe hybrid composite solutions to ensure the full succes of the deployment.

One of the key challenges for small and large satellites is packaging and reliable deployment of structures and arrays used for  communication and scientific instruments.

We can design complex shapes that can be constructed, with positive or negative curvature with multiple reversible deployment and folding processes.

 

  • 0,5 a 16m diameter
  • ultracompact
  • ultraprecisa
  • Repetitive aperture
  • Space qualified structures
  • Scalability allows to grow in size by employing conventional truss-structure principles.
  • Modularity allows further growth, with reduced development costs

 

CARBON FIBER FEEDS

Light wheight space horns

Prosix is bringing disruptive technologies into the space sector by combining the creativity, know-how and experience of academia, the methodology of Space research centres to develop these products.

It is a first in producing the first corrugated horn in 100% CFRP designed specifically for C band frequencies. 

In terms of mass density It is 40% lighter than it´s Aluminum predecessor.

Available in a variety of shapes, bands and sizes.

CARBON TUBE STRUTS

Integral full cfrp struts

Prosix’s CFRP struts are a true breakthrough . They are made from integrated pieces of carbon fiber that compose the fittings. which aids versatility and optimilization of production.

Ultra-lightweight to the max. Depending on the length and application, up to 80% of the bulk can be saved.

Thermal expansion of the strut is near zero.

The number of pieces has been reduced. Attachment brackets are integrated into the strut design.

HYBRID CFRP STRUTS

Hybrid Struts are made up of composite material tubes integrated with metallic fittings that meet space industry standards.

These struts can be fashioned of a combination of the following options:

  • Tubes of composite material (CFRP, GFRP)
  • Material selection based on application and desired characteristics.
  • Layout to achieve the desired requirements.
  • In prepreg cured into autoclave or out of autoclave.
  • Variety of metallic fittings (aluminium, titanium, invar, etc.)

SENSORING NET BRAGG IN
CARBON FIBER STRUCTURES

Structural health monitoring system

Prosix specializes in Development and production of components with structural health monitoring system inside composites structures for damage detection.

We design components by employing cutting-edge fiber optic systems that enable composite structure monitoring and detection of potential damage that could trigger catastrophic failures, guaranteeing the necessary integrity and reliability of the component.

These components can operate autonomously during the whole operational life of the structure without requiring operator intervention.

We have the capability to develop small simple components, ranging up to  large complex  space isogrid structures that have this health monitoring  capability.