TenCate Advanced Composites,高级复合材料的领先开发商和制造商，为Northrop Grumman的Astro Aerospace提供了使用Tenc欧洲杯足球竞彩ate Cetex®thermoplastic composites for the AstroMesh®在NASA土壤水分积极的被动航天器上可部署的网格反射器。此反射器使用tencate cetex®to achieve parabolic shape design, strength, durability, and weight savings.
NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft launched January 31, 2015, will provide global measurements of soil moisture and indicate whether it is frozen or thawed. The data will be used to understand the processes that link Earth's water, energy and carbon cycles and improve weather and climate prediction models.
由NASA的Jet推进实验室开发的SMAP航天器在美国加利福尼亚州（加利福尼亚州）使用6米（19英尺）的Astromesh®deployable mesh reflector and boom from Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman company.
The reflector, which will spin atop the spacecraft at nearly 15 revolutions per minute, provides for total global mapping every 2 to 3 days. The reflector uses TenCate Cetex®thermoplastic composites to achieve the strength, durability, and weight savings needed.
诺斯罗普·格鲁曼（Northrop Grumman）的Astro Aersospace的产品开发经理Daniel Ochoa说：
“ Tencate Cetex®热塑性塑料是我们网格反射器的结构不可或缺的，因为它们有助于创建天线的抛物线形状。该材料在飞行前已作为单元的一部分进行了广泛的测试，并且耐用且坚硬，这对于天线的功能至关重要。