Q Shield: Thermal Protection System for Reusable Launch Vehicles

Find high-quality thermal shielding solutions, aerospace products, and high-performance textiles for your next aerospace project with TexTech. Our engineering and development team builds thermal protection systems (TPS) for your specific vehicle and mission requirements.

While most launch vehicles are designed for single-use missions, we design components that offer unmatched durability in the industry. With our signature Q Shield TPS products, your team can prepare vehicles for launch, reentry, and subsequent launches.

What Is a Q Shield TPS?

Thermal protection systems (TPS) are layers of shielding that protect interior components and operating systems in aerospace vehicles from the extremely high temperatures that occur during launch and reentry. Our designs offer lasting protection, allowing you to power through multiple missions while keeping your vehicles and crew members safe.

Each Q Shield TPS solution has two main layers: a high-temperature-resistant top coating and a secondary thermal insulation layer. TexTech’s Q Shield products are fully customizable for different vehicles, hardware, and project requirements.

Whether you’re working on a rocket, protecting spacecraft, or using TPS for commercial applications, we offer thermal protection solutions you can trust.

Q Shield TPS for Reusable Launch Vehicles Key Features

Q Shield TPS offers a range of customizable features and coating options. See why customers in the aerospace and defense industries rely on us for their TPS solutions:

Reusability

You can make your vehicles safer with our highly durable thermal shield materials.

Q Shield materials are designed to protect the vehicle during launch and reentry, so your vehicles can be used beyond just one mission. The reusability of our materials allows for faster turnaround time to get your vehicle back on track. This allows for a smaller vehicle fleet, greater profitability from your fleet, and lower launch costs.

Q Shield as an Ablative Thermal Protection System

Q Shield conformable TPS materials have pre-painted ablative surface coating options. Pre-painted coatings eliminate long cure cycles RTVs, minimize labor, and streamline installation times for easier project completion.

Coating Options

The TexTech team provides black and white surface coating options, as well as the potential for custom colors. We can also modify our proprietary polymer formulations to provide electrical conductivity per your static-dissipation requirements.

For example, aerospace vehicles can benefit from our white, electrically conductive coatings that comply with high emissivity standards. Each of these coating options is available across our product line for a custom solution.

Customizing Q Shield TPS for Reusable Launch Vehicles

When you’re selecting a thermal protection system for your vehicles and mission needs, it’s important to consider every possible factor, including the materials, installation processes, and exposure requirements.

At TexTech, we create a wide range of Q Shield materials that are ideal for a variety of vehicle requirements and applications. Our selection guide covers the varying Q Shield options available, including performance data to help you select the perfect system for your needs. This data set shortens our customers’ design timelines and provides key metrics for modeling the different options.

Custom Features

Our development team can create Q Shield products based on custom parameters such as:

Additional Features

Our thermal shielding products comply with industry standards for design, manufacturing, and installation on vehicles. We maintain consistent processes to ensure every product performs reliably and meets the highest standards.

We can even develop small-scale prototyping options based on thermal and physical data for product modeling. This ensures that your Q Shield solution provides lasting protection against both extreme heat and extremely low temperatures.

We’re also committed to providing a high degree of safety, quality, and reliable performance as measured by our in-house standards. Each Q Shield product is lightweight to promote efficient performance and support your load and weight requirements.

Aerospace Applications of Q Shield TPS

Q Shield TPS can protect aerospace vehicles through a wide range of missions. Some of the applications our products are used in include:

• Aerospace missions that operate at high altitudes, variable pressure levels, and harsh temperatures
• Defense missions that require additional protection from high-mach heat fluxes and abrasive environments
• Commercial applications that require durable, reliable materials

All Q Shield materials are well-rated to protect vehicles against heat, abrasion, electrical disruption, and more. Our aerospace materials and fabrics also comply with the latest reliability and quality standards.

Q Shield TPS From TexTech

As a global leader in the research and development of high-performance textiles, TexTech is poised to supply reliable, reusable thermal shielding products and materials for a range of applications.

Since we opened our doors over 100 years ago, clients have turned to TexTech for well-crafted custom thermal solutions and textiles. Contact us today to talk through the details of your design or request a quote for pricing information.