Patent ID: 6679456
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B64G,C08K,C09D

Abstract:
A spacecraft protected by a coating, comprising:a spacecraft having an external surface; and a coating on the external surface of the spacecraft, the coating including a binder that is an organic material or an inorganic material, and a plurality of pyroelectric pigment particles bound together by the binder, each pyroelectric pigment particle comprising a pyroelectric pigment material, wherein the coating initially includes a coating vehicle and wherein the coating vehicle subsequently is evaporated so that the coating is a solid, wherein the coating has a thickness of from about 0.001 inch to about 0.020 inch where the binder is an organic material, and has a thickness of from about 0.001 inch to about 0.010 inch where the binder is an inorganic material.