Flight Systems Integration and Test Branch, Code 568

The Flight Systems Integration and Test Branch supports both Space and Earth science.

Points of Contact

Capabilities

• Planning,
• Execution
• Consultation

Services for spacecraft, subsystems, payloads and instruments carried by orbital and sub-orbital launch vehicles.

Specialties Include

• Integration and test program design
• Program management and execution
• Shuttle, Space Station, and small payloads expertise
• What We Can Do

Facilities and Labs

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• Thermal Vacuum Chamber
  • Specifications
    • Ultimate Vacuum = 2.4 x 10 -6 Torr
    • No load Temperature extremes = -28 deg C to 70 Deg C
    • Pump down time for vacuum is just under 1 hour
    • No load Cool down time from 22 C to -19 C will take around 2 hours
    • No load transition time during normal thermal vacuum conditions is 4 to 5 hours
    • Interior dimensions: 3’diameter x 30” height (additional height achievable with expansion rings)
    • Chamber and all controls are on a wheeled car