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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.

Space Armor™ Tiles Enable Debris-Resilient Radomes
Though ballistic space "Whipple shields" have existed since the 1950's, their traditionally metallic makeup is prohibitively heavy, blocks vital radio signals, and, when impacted, can often create more debris than it stops. 
Those very metallic layers that prevent penetration of unwanted orbital debris also prevent penetration of vital RF communications. 
For the first time in the world, Atomic-6 demonstrated Space Armor™ tiles that are both orbital debris shielding and RF-permeable, enabling hypervelocity impact protection for communications devices.

"This is a big deal. We made the first radomes that can stop orbital debris," said Trevor Smith, CEO, Atomic-6. "You don't have to sacrifice communications to protect your spacecraft anymore. 
This little composite tile preserves mission-critical functions, thereby protecting spacecraft, space stations, and people in orbit from increasingly prevalent, yet invisible threats."

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