Facilities
The facilities are generally designed to cater for small to medium-sized instruments and to meet ESA, NASA or other space agencies’ standards and requirements. In addition to test facilities, MSSL also has cleanrooms providing environmentally controlled areas for space flight hardware assembly, integration and test.
Thermal Vacuum
Role: Vacuum Test Facility
20 Kelvin Vacuum Cryostat
Role: Vacuum Test Facility
77 Kelvin Vacuum cryostats
Role: Vacuum Test Facility
Vacuum Bakeout
Role: Vacuum Test Facility
Ling Dynamics Vibration Test Facility
Role: Vibration Test Facility
ISO class 5 Cleanroom
Role: Cleanroom Facility
ISO class 6 Cleanroom
Role: Cleanroom Facility
ISO class 8 Cleanroom
Role: Cleanroom Facility
Laser & Sputter Coating Facility
Role: Coating Facility
Low Energy Plasma Instrument Calibration
Role: Calibration Facility
Optical Calibration Facility
Role: Calibration Facility
Thermal Vacuum Test Facility
Role: Calibration Facility
Resources
Vacuum Test Facility:
Thermal Vacuum
20k Cryostat
77K Cryostat
Vacuum Bakeout
Vibration Test Facility:
Ling Dynamics Vibration Test
Coating Facility:
Laser & Sputter Coating Facility
Cleanroom Facility:
ISO class 5 Cleanroom
ISO class 6 Cleanroom
ISO class 8 Cleanroom
Calibration Facility:
Low Energy Plasma Instrument Calibration
Optical Calibration
Thermal Vacuum & Electron calibration
Head of Facilities:
Alex Rousseau
+44 1483 204 137
a.rousseau