Space Testing Equipment and Services

The Aerospace Engineering department's testing capabilities and equipment.

Electric Propulsion Lab 

The Electric Propulsion Laboratory has different experimental stations located across the laboratory floor. These include an Electrospray station, propellant synthesis station, 2 smaller vacuum chamber stations, and a large vacuum chamber station.

Hypervelocity Impact Testing Lab 

The University of Illinois Hypervelocity Impact Testing facilities provide advanced experimental capabilities for studying materials and structures under extreme impact conditions. 

Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois 

The Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois  is the premier satellite design and testing facility in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Designed to support the full life cycle of small satellite missions, LASSI offers a professional, well-equipped environment for CubeSat and space hardware development, from early design to flight readiness.

LEO Synergistic Environment Simulation Facility (T-Vac-AO-VUV-Load)

The Ning Research Group’s LEO Synergistic Environment Simulation Facility provides ground-based testing of materials, components, and systems under the combined environmental conditions encountered in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).