Advanced Cooling Technologies celebrates successful launch of NASA flagship mission carrying ACT Constant Conductance Heat Pipes and radiator hardware

LANCASTER, Pa. — September 2, 2026 — Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT), a leading provider of advanced thermal management solutions for space and other demanding applications, is proud to announce that ACT-engineered and manufactured thermal control hardware is now in space aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Roman successfully launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory is now traveling approximately one million miles toward the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2), where it will begin a mission designed to study essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics.

For ACT, the successful launch and subsequent commission marks the culmination of engineering, manufacturing, testing and collaboration supporting one of NASA’s flagship astrophysics missions.

“This is an incredibly proud moment for the entire ACT team,” said Bryan Muzyka, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing at Advanced Cooling Technologies. “Seeing hardware designed and manufactured by our team leave Earth aboard a mission of this significance is a powerful reminder of why the work we do matters. Roman represents years of effort by NASA, JPL and an extraordinary group of industry partners, and we are honored that ACT technology is part of that mission.”

ACT Thermal Technology Supporting Roman’s Coronagraph Instrument

ACT was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide thermal management hardware for the Electronics Heat Transport Subsystem (EHTS) supporting Roman’s Coronagraph Instrument.

ACT’s scope included the engineering development, fabrication, and qualification of Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHPs) as well as an aluminum-honeycomb radiator panel with embedded CCHPs. Together, the hardware provides passive heat transport and rejection capabilities for the instrument’s electronics.

The Coronagraph Instrument is a technology demonstration designed to perform high-contrast imaging of planets outside our solar system. The technology demonstrated by Roman could help pave the way for future missions capable of directly imaging Earth-like planets.

The Roman program also reflects an area in which ACT has continued to expand its capabilities: integrating spacecraft thermal control hardware with structural radiator panels. By combining heat pipe engineering, thermal analysis, qualification and flight hardware manufacturing, ACT supports spacecraft programs from early design through production and mission deployment.

A New View of the Universe

Named for Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer and an influential advocate for space-based astronomy, the Roman Space Telescope is designed to survey enormous areas of the universe with both speed and precision.

Roman combines a wide field of view with infrared imaging capabilities to investigate some of astrophysics’ biggest questions. Among its primary science objectives are studying dark energy and dark matter, examining the structure and evolution of the universe, and discovering and characterizing planets beyond our solar system.

Following launch, Roman began a roughly three-month journey and commissioning period as it travels toward L2. NASA anticipates releasing the observatory’s first images in early 2027.

For ACT employees who contributed to the program, the launch represents an especially meaningful milestone: hardware that was once being designed, fabricated, inspected and tested in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is now beginning its journey through space.

“Programs like Roman demonstrate what is possible when deep technical expertise is combined with the manufacturing discipline required for flight hardware,” said Muzyka. “We congratulate NASA, JPL and everyone who contributed to Roman’s successful launch. We look forward to following the mission and the discoveries it will enable for years to come.”

About Advanced Cooling Technologies

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) is a leading provider of advanced thermal management and structural solutions for space, defense, data center, energy and industrial applications. ACT supports customers throughout the product lifecycle, from research and development and initial concept design through engineering, qualification and high-volume manufacturing.

For space applications, ACT develops and manufactures a broad portfolio of thermal control technologies and integrated structures, including Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHPs), Loop Heat Pipes (LHPs), Variable Conductance Heat Pipes (VCHPs), spacecraft liquid cooling systems, radiator panels, composite structures and other mission-critical thermal and structural hardware.

Headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, ACT serves government, commercial and emerging space programs developing the next generation of spacecraft and space-based infrastructure.