UK testing facilities
Airbus DS Stevenage Environmental and Structural Test Facilities
Airbus Defence and Space
Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 8ES
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Vibration
- Shock and impact
- Thermal vacuum
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- EMC and electrical interference
- RF, antennas and communications
- Materials and structural testing
- Functional and integrated-system testing
Services
Spacecraft unit/subsystem and payload environmental testing; vibration, shock, thermal vacuum, climatic, RF/EMC and structural qualification/proof/fatigue testing; mass properties measurement and test-setup design/analysis.
Equipment
Two vibration facilities: 200 kN and 65 kN dynamic force, 5–2,000 Hz, velocity 2.0 m/s, displacement ±76.2 mm p-p; sine/random/shock acceleration published up to 1000/700/2000 m/s² on the larger shaker. Structural facility has three beds and load application up to 600 kN, 50 N–600 kN measurement, 750 m² floor, 5.3 m working height and 5-tonne cranes. Seven TVAC chambers cover -180°C to +120°C; two UHV chambers and chamber sizes/ranges published.
Standards
No facility accreditation stated on cited pages; TVAC/space testing requirements described, but standards not asserted.
Contact
Phone: +44 1438778151; Named contact: Lloyd Marshall (Structural Test Facility Manager); Phone: +44 (0)1438 778151
Approximate location
SG2 8ES · Postcode area location