Start Date
25-4-1989 4:00 PM
Description
International Space Corporation (ISC) is a start-up company specializing in the near term production of next-generation semiconductor materials on the ground, and later in the zerogravity of space. The primary materials to be produced are Cadmium Telluride, Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide, all used in the manufacture of the next generation of computer chips, infrared sensors and fiber optic systems. ISC also designs, develops and manufactures the state-of-the-art furnaces requiredto produce these semiconductor crystal materials on the ground, and ultimately in space.
The recent econpmic upturn of the United States semiconductor and electronic industry has been spurred in major part by advances in the development and utilization of new "supercomputer" chips and sensor elements. One of the primary factors contributing to this upsurge is the availability of higher quality electronic substrate materials. The current commercial and military demand for this next generation of electronic materials already represents a $160 million annual market which is expected to grow to $500 million by 1990. The annual market for space manufactured semiconductor crystal could also reach an additional $500 million by 1995.
Paper Session I-C - A Florida Firm Enters the Commercial Space Business
International Space Corporation (ISC) is a start-up company specializing in the near term production of next-generation semiconductor materials on the ground, and later in the zerogravity of space. The primary materials to be produced are Cadmium Telluride, Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide, all used in the manufacture of the next generation of computer chips, infrared sensors and fiber optic systems. ISC also designs, develops and manufactures the state-of-the-art furnaces requiredto produce these semiconductor crystal materials on the ground, and ultimately in space.
The recent econpmic upturn of the United States semiconductor and electronic industry has been spurred in major part by advances in the development and utilization of new "supercomputer" chips and sensor elements. One of the primary factors contributing to this upsurge is the availability of higher quality electronic substrate materials. The current commercial and military demand for this next generation of electronic materials already represents a $160 million annual market which is expected to grow to $500 million by 1990. The annual market for space manufactured semiconductor crystal could also reach an additional $500 million by 1995.
Comments
Space Enterprise Development
Session Chairman: Chick Garcia, Manager, Grumman Corporate Development, Titusville, FL
Session Organizer: Bob Mellor, Lockheed Space Operations Co., KSC, FL