Test Services
Organisations providing test services to launch vehicle and spacecraft manufacturers and organisations providing equipment and software for launch vehicles and spacecraft
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS)
mechatronic systems testing; vibration testing; shock testing; EMC testing; thermal vacuum testing
Airbus Netherlands B.V.
simulation and verification of attitude and orbital control systems (AOCS); attitude determination and control systems (ADCS); instruments; sensors and space robotics
Alba Orbital Ltd
vibration and thermal bakeout testing for PocketQube satellites
Alter Technology Group
EEE component procurement, screening, testing, evaluation and qualification; failure analysis of electronic components; optoelectronic component testing; microwave and RF testing; small satellite testing including: EMI/EMC testing, SRS shock testing, thermal vacuum testing, TID irradiation testing, vibration testing, static magnetic field testing, constant acceleration testing; radiation testing; COTS component testing
Astro-und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH
vibration testing including: sine vibration, random vibration, mixed SoR/RoR, shock classic/SRS, force measurement, force notching; pyroshock testing; thermal testing; thermal vacuum testing
B2Space Ltd
near space testing using stratospheric balloons
BAE Systems
EMC testing; thermal testing; inspection, testing and cleaning of optical components and systems; space qualified electronics manufacture
Berlin Space Technologies GmbH (BST)
thermal vacuum testing
Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC (BCT)
thermal vacuum testing; thermal cycling; vibration and shock testing; star simulation; wheel balancing; solar array deployment testing; Helmholtz cage testing
Callisto
cryogenic component testing
Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM)
thermal testing; vacuum testing; vibration testing; hypergravity testing; microgravity testing
Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co Ltd (CGSTL)
thermal vacuum testing; vibration testing; acoustic noise testing; thermal cycling
D-Orbit SpA
acceptance testing (thermal vacuum, vibration, shock) for small satellites
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
operates an environmental test centre for spacecraft
Exolaunch GmbH
vibration testing for small satellites
Institute of Space Propulsion, DLR
development and operation of rocket engine test stands
ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), India
high altitude testing of launch vehicle upper stage engines and spacecraft thrusters
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, India
static testing of solid rocket motors
UR Rao Satellite Center (URSC), India
EMI and EMC testing, antenna testing, thermal vacuum testing, acoustic testing, vibration testing
ISILaunch
thermal cycling, thermal vacuum testing, vibration testing, shock testing
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
environmental and space simulation testing
Jakusz SpaceTech
material compatibility testing, particularly with rocket fuel and oxidisers; chemical analysis
Kakuda Space Center (KSPC), Japan
rocket engine combustion test facility
Noshiro Testing Center (NTC), Japan
rocket engine combustion test facility
Kelly Space & Technology
rocket engine combustion testing; thermal cycling; vibration testing; shock testing
Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea
spacecraft test facility; rocket engine combustion test facility
Liège Space Center (Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL))
thermal balance and thermal cycling testing; thermal vacuum testing; calibration of optical instruments; vibration testing; radiation testing; non destructive testing of systems, instruments and materials
Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA), Malaysia
vibration, acoustic thermal vacuum, mass properties and EMC testing
MSI DFAT Services, LLC
direct field acoustic testing (DFAT)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
rocket engine combustion test facility
Ames Research Center (ARC), USA
wind tunnel testing of launch vehicles, spacecraft and parachutes; heat shield testing
Glenn Research Center (GRC), USA
wind tunnel testing of launch vehicles; microgravity testing using a drop tower; lunar and planetary surface simulation;
Neil Armstrong Test Facility, USA
vacuum and thermal vacuum testing; acoustic testing; vibration testing; EMC/EMI testing; simulated in space propulsion testing; large scale liquid hydrogen equipment and systems testing
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA
spacecraft test facilities
White Sands Test Facility (WSTF)
rocket engine, thruster and propulsion systems testing for manned and unmanned spacecraft; oxygen system testing including: oxygen compatibility assessment and hazard evaluation, ignition susceptibility, flammability, and material/component compatibility; composite pressure vessel testing including: destructive testing, pressure testing and nondestructive evaluation
Stennis Space Center (SSC), USA
test facilities for launcher propulsion components, rocket engines and complete launcher stages
National Aerospace Laboratory (Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR)), The Netherlands
thermal vacuum testing; vibration, accoustic noise, shock, acceleration and static load testing; EMC and EMI testing; antenna testing
Integration and Testing Laboratory (Laboratorio de Integración y Ensayos (LIE)), Argentina
integration and test facilities for launchers and spacecraft
Punta Indio Space Centre (Centro Espacial Punta Indio), Argentina
test facility for launch vehicles
Space Qualification and Product Assurance Laboratory (Laboratorio de Espacialización y Aseguramiento), Argentina
qualification of COTS components for flight use
Northrop Grumman
antenna testing; chemistry services; EMI and EMC testing; radiation testing; environmental testing; metrology services
NPC Spacemind
mechanism and deployable system testing
Parabilis Space Technologies
rocket engine combustion test facility
QuadSAT
drone based antenna measurements and calibration
RAL Space
clean rooms; vibration testing; thermal vacuum testing
Sierra Space
rocket engine combustion test facility
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
rocket engine combustion testing using horizontal and vertical test stands
T-Minus Engineering
suborbital flights for microgravity testing
Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), Taiwan
thermal vacuum testing; acoustic testing; vibration testing; mass properties testing; EMC and EMI testing; antenna testing
