In order to develop reusable space vehicle, it is important to ensure sufficient reliability of thermal protection systems under re-entry environments. For such a purpose, a sensor system to detect a recession rate of anti-oxidation SiC coating on carbon-carbon composite was attempted to be developed. This sensor consisted of multi-layered SiC/carbon coating on a SiC substrate, and high temperature oxidation damage of SiC in the multi-layered coating can be detected by the change of electric resistant of the coating caused by oxidation of carbon layers. In the present paper, conceptual design of the sensor was presented and several required technologies to develop the sensor were discussed. The discussion included how to form the multilayered coating and measuring technique of the electric resistance at high temperatures.
