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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 17:53

Tanegashima Space Center

The Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) is one of Japan's space development facilities.

It is located on Tanegashima (Japan), an island located 115 km south of Kyūshū. It was established in 1969 when the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) was formed. It is now run by JAXA.
The activities that take place at TNSC include assembly, testing, launching and tracking of satellites, as well as rocket engine firing tests. It is Japan's largest space development center.

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Monday, 05 November 2012 08:52

Kelly Space & Technology Inc.

Kelly Space & Technology Inc. (KST) is a privately-held aerospace and defense technology company with an environmental testing services capability based at the San Bernardino International Airport, California, USA.

KSt provides:

  • Environmental and Dynamics Testing and Evaluation
  • Ballistic Testing
  • Jet & Rocket Engine Testing
  • Encapsulated Ballistic Protection
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Saturday, 03 November 2012 11:03

NEXEYA Systems

NEXEYA Systems is dedicated to the development of ground test tools: test means, space harness and structures. NEXEYA intervenes on all types of programs : civil, miltary, observation, scientific, intrumentation, etc.

  • execution of full and rigorous test campaigns before launching to ensure perfect satellite operation in space (afterwards it's too late). 
  • designing, making and testing "power/control-command" harnesses for the space flight and ground segment.
  • management of complete projects with high responsibility as antennas, batteries, platform or payload NIDA structures, PDU equipment, deployment mechanisms, optical instruments.

 

 

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Monday, 02 July 2012 04:00

Intespace

Intespace is a service and engineering company in Toulouse, France, providing a complete set of environment simulation test facilities in the domains of Space, Aeronautics and Defence.

It offers mechanical, acoustic, thermal and radio electric testing to European industrialists, allowing validation of systems and equipment prior to operational implementation.

(source: http://www.intespace.fr/english/page/home-page/1164-about-intespace.html)

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