10 space testing facilities worldwide
Space Atlas lists 10 space testing facilities in 8 countries. The most represented are Austria (2), Canada (2), Italy (1), United States (1), Belgium (1). Each profile shows the organisation's headquarters, other sites, sectors and links.
Austria (2)
- Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH (AAC) · Testing Facility · Wiener Neustadt
Austrian materials testing firm spun off from AIT — performs thermal vacuum, outgassing, tribology and cryogenic testing of space materials and components.
- Seibersdorf Labor GmbH (Seibersdorf Laboratories) · Testing Facility · Seibersdorf
Austrian test laboratory, an AIT subsidiary — provides radiation hardness assurance, Co-60 TID and SEE testing and space weather services for space electronics.
Canada (2)
- Space Simulation Services of Canada Corporation · Testing Facility · Ottawa
Canadian space environmental test provider — offers turnkey testing services and expertise to small satellite and space component developers.
- TRIUMF Proton and Neutron Irradiation Facilities (PIF/NIF) · Testing Facility · Vancouver
Radiation test facility at Canada's TRIUMF accelerator centre in Vancouver — proton beams for single-event-effect testing of electronics for space.
Belgium (1)
- Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL) · Testing Facility · Liège
Belgian University of Liège research centre — tests and calibrates space instruments in thermal-vacuum chambers and develops space optics.
France (1)
- Intespace · Testing Facility · Toulouse
Toulouse environmental test centre — performs thermal vacuum, vibration, acoustic and EMC qualification testing for satellites and space equipment.
Italy (1)
- Aerospazio Tecnologie · Testing Facility · Rapolano Terme
Italian SME — provides vacuum-chamber testing and engineering for electric space propulsion, plus EMI/EMC and thermal-vacuum tests.
Mexico (1)
- Laboratorio Nacional de Ingeniería Espacial y Automotriz (LN-INGEA) · Testing Facility · Querétaro
UNAM national laboratory in Querétaro — provides thermal-vacuum, vibration and EMC testing, satellite integration and a satellite control station.
United Kingdom (1)
- Resonate Testing · Testing Facility · Newry
Independent test house in Newry, Northern Ireland — provides vibration, shock and thermal vacuum qualification testing for satellites and space hardware.
United States (1)
- Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) · Testing Facility · Arnold AFB
US Air Force flight-test complex at Arnold AFB — wind tunnels, rocket engine test cells and space environment chambers for aerospace and space systems.