Zero Point Frontiers Corporation
American aerospace firm
Zero Point Frontiers Corporation (ZPFC) is a private aerospace firm based in Huntsville, Alabama.
They, along with several other companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and Firefly Space Systems are proponents of NewSpace: a movement in the aerospace industry whose objective is to increase access to space through innovative technical advances resulting in a reduction of launch cost, and the lessening of regulations and logistical restrictions associated with dependence on national space institutions.
History
Founded in 2008, ZPFC initially assisted numerous government and commercial agencies and supported multiple vehicle and technology trade studies for the Ares Launch Projects and later the Space Launch System (SLS). ZPFC's work was also integral to NASA’s efforts to identify the key requirements, configurations, missions, and propulsion systems needed to shape heavy-lift launch vehicles for human missions beyond Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).
Zero Point Frontiers has worked with commercial space flight companies such as Virgin Galactic, Golden Spike, Andrews Space, and Firefly Space Systems to provide engineering services.
3D printing and additive manufacturing
Zero Point Frontiers utilizes in-house 3D printing to rapidly produce prototypes and design concept models, and exercises the application of additive manufacturing to increase efficiencies in both cost and schedule. These applications are cross-discipline, ranging from the design and manufacturing of low cost prosthetics for children using consumer grade polymer FDM 3D printers, to manufacturing process improvements of RS-25 rocket engine components using advanced Selective Laser Melting and Laser Deposition Welding techniques.
In 2014 ZPFC assisted students of the University of Alabama Huntsville and College of Charleston with the rapid prototyping of a 2U CubeSat frame for use in their class project, FOCUS (Functional Ocular CubeSat Utilizing a Smartphone). The high-altitude balloon travelled to, and maintained an altitude of, 78,835 ft for over 36 minutes while performing the students’ experiments.
Software development
Zero Point Frontiers has developed a number of software tools in-house to aid in the design and development of space systems.
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