Atomic-6 Introduces Space Armor™ Tiles, a New Space Composite to Protect Critical Communications, Spacecraft and Astronauts from Orbital Debris Oct 16, 2025, 08:56 ET
Atomic-6, a leading manufacturer of advanced mobility composites, today introduced a revolutionary protection product for spacecraft and astronauts - Space Armor™ tiles. Space Armor™ tiles are the first RF (radio frequency)-permeable orbital debris shield, resisting impact while allowing mission-critical radio communications to and from the satellite it's protecting. In another world's first, Space Armor™ tiles are fragmentation resistant - protecting spacecraft from debris without creating harmful secondary debris that endangers other satellites. With Space Armor™ tiles, available now for government and commercial satellites, Atomic-6 protects the future of human space activity and sets a new standard for responsible space stewardship.
The Space Debris Problem Satellites and astronauts are constantly threatened by millions of untrackable, hypervelocity particles in orbit. Like a loose pebble hitting your windshield on the highway, orbital debris can strike at any time to do significant damage to spacecraft. Unlike the highway pebble, these debris travel at velocities of greater than 7 kilometers per second, nearly 16,000 miles per hour, making them explode violently on impact: penetrating fuel tanks, space suits, and tearing apart batteries and structures alike. W ith Space Armor™ tiles, spacecraft and the astronauts who fly them now have an unprecedented solution to protect against the increasing threat of space debris.
