OmniSafe Flight Qualification

Omnisafe works better than any other fitting for semiconductor applications and has been flight qualified and selected for the following aerospace programs.

  • MSL Mars Rover – launch 2011, for the liquid Freon heat rejection system, Omnisafe 3/8” fittings  
  • JPL DAWN –  Xenon Ion Propulsion,  Asteroid Belt, Oct 2007, Omnisafe 1/8” fittings
  • NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Program – Xenon Ion Propulsion, Omnisafe 1/8” fittings
  • Boeing Satellite Systems for Xenon Ion Propulsion – orbit maintenance, Omnisafe 1/8” fittings

                                                               
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