UK testing facilities
TS-Space Systems Test House
TS-Space Systems Ltd
Unit 4 Quarry Court Pitstone Green Business Park Pitstone Buckinghamshire LU7 9GW
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Thermal vacuum
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- Contamination, outgassing and leak testing
Services
ESA/NASA thermal-vacuum cycling, monitored bakeout, outgassing/offgassing, vacuum-UV and high-intensity UV exposure; test design/modification and R&D contracts.
Equipment
Thermal-vacuum bakeout: specimen 450 x 540 x 350 mm, max mass 20 kg, 300°C to -190°C, vacuum limit 1E-7 Torr; temperature/pressure/QCM/RGA data acquisition; QCM, Hiden RGA, thermal shroud, oil-free scroll and magnetically levitated turbomolecular pumping. Additional TVAC#1–3 chambers and FTIR witness-plate processing described.
Standards
Standard ESA/NASA testing; ECSS-Q-ST-70-01 bakeout and ECSS-Q-70-04A thermal-vacuum cycling; ECSS-Q-ST-70-05C FTIR option stated. No accreditation stated on cited pages.
Contact
Operator-wide contact: Email: info@ts-space.co.uk; Phone: +44 1628474040; Named contact: Bill Williams (Director)
Approximate location
LU7 9GW · Postcode area location