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World’s blackest coating material makes its debut in space

Submit on Monday, May 16th, 2016 22:55

The ultra-black Vantablack surface coating material has made its space debut in an optical instrument on board the Kent Ridge 1 satellite. The material’s ability to absorb virtually all incident light improves the performance of the satellite’s star tracker-based positioning control system.

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