Facilities
Space Propulsion
Small Satellites
Energy Systems
Working Group Space Propulsion and New Concepts
Electric Propulsion Laboratory
Electric Propulsion Laboratory
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Small Vacuum Chamber (30 cm Diameter, 50 cm Length)
with 250 Liter Turbo-Pump to 10-6 mbar -
UHV Vacuum Chamber (20 cm Diameter, 30 cm Length)
with 1000 Liter Turbo-Pump to 10-8 mbar -
Several high voltage and high current power supplies
Small Vacuum Chamber
UHV Vacuum Chamber
Low Temperature Laboratory
Low Temperature Laboratory
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Cryostat,
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SQUID Magnetometer,
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Superconductors,
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Lakeshore temperature monitors, etc
Low-Temperature-Lab
Mobile Test facility for Chemical Rocket Engines for Ethanol and LOX
Mobile Test facility for Chemical Rocket Engines for Ethanol and LOX
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Operating Pressure up to 20 bar,
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Volume per tank 14 Liter,
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Pressure and temperature control unit,
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Engine rack up to 3 kN
Rocket Test Facility
Working Group Small Satellite and Spin-Off Technologies
Electronic Integration for Space Components
Electronic Integration for Space Components
Integration of electrical components (EMC, Soldering, etc.)
Low Dust (Clean) Room for Space Experiments Integration and Sensor Development
Low Dust (Clean) Room for Space Experiments Integration and Sensor Development
Clean room, microscope, micro balance device, pebble mill
Advanced Screen Printer with Optical Positioning
Advanced Screen Printer with Optical Positioning
Clean Room
Sensor Laboratory
Sensor Laboratory
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Drying oven, Sintering furnaces max. 1700°C
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Impedance Spectroscopy IM6
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Flexible gas mixture & laminar flow facility (standard and combustible gases)
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Micro flow analysis channel
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Quadrupole mass spectrocope (SEM QMS)
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Micro gas chromatographe
Sensorlab
Atomic Oxygen Exposure Facility
Atomic Oxygen Exposure Facility
Test Chamber for Simulation of Near Earth Environment:
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Space Exposure Tests
(materials, electronic components, scientific instruments, solar cells under space environment) -
Atomic Oxygen under High Vacuum
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Pressure range: 5×10-9 - 1×103 mbar
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Atom Oxygen Production: Microwave induced and expansion into UHV + Recombination
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Gas analysis: QMS SEM + Erosion of Kapton
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Sensor characterisation:
- FIPEX & Electronic
- Impedance Spectroscope IM6
Working Group Energy Systems for Space and Mobile Applications
Test Bed for characterisation of TEGs under terrestrial and space conditions
Test Bed for characterisation of TEGs under terrestrial and space conditions
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Test Area: 30mm x 30mm
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Temperature Range: -10 … +200°C
(dependent on TEG and ΔT) -
Gauging of 4 Temperatures
(especially hot and cold shoe temperature) -
Gauging of Generated Voltage by TEG
(load resistance adjustable) -
Vacuum Chamber Testing Possible:
Pressure range: 5×10-9 - 1×103 mbar
TEG Test Bed