UK testing facilities
Spire Global Glasgow Satellite Manufacturing and Test Facility
Spire Global
Glasgow, Scotland
Access: Unknown
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