Back to UK testing facilities

UK testing facilities

Spire Global Glasgow Satellite Manufacturing and Test Facility

Spire Global

Glasgow, Scotland

Access: Unknown

Visit facility website

Testing capabilities

  • Vibration
  • Thermal vacuum
  • Climatic and environmental exposure
  • EMC and electrical interference
  • Magnetic testing
  • RF, antennas and communications
  • Functional and integrated-system testing

Services

In-house satellite MAIT and flight-acceptance testing; RF anechoic testing, vibration, thermal vacuum/thermal exposure, solar/UV simulation, vacuum exposure, degaussing and RF/optical functional testing.

Equipment

3,000 m² facility; Class 10,000 cleanrooms; vibration tables, RF anechoic chambers, thermal-vacuum chambers, thermal chamber, sun simulator, vacuum exposure machines and degaussing system. Operator states annual design/manufacture/testing capacity of 200+ satellites; no shaker/chamber numerical limits stated.

Standards

ISO 9001:2015 certification stated for facility/manufacturing process; no testing accreditation stated.

Contact

Operator-wide contact: Phone: +44 1413438260

Approximate location

Glasgow · Town location

View approximate location on OpenStreetMap

Sources