RAL Space is the UK's national space laboratory, functioning as the space hub for UK Research and Innovation. It plays a crucial role in scientific research and technology development, with involvement in over 210 instruments on space missions. RAL Space works with UK and international agencies, universities, and businesses, offering expertise in developing scientific instrumentation, providing testing facilities, operating ground stations, and analyzing data. They partner with organizations like the UK Space Agency, ESA, and NASA, contributing to missions like the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The SXI underwent launch and space-environment testing at RAL Space advanced test facilities.
The University of Leicester is delivering the payload in collaboration with INTA in Madrid, the University of Aberdeen, RAL Space, and the University of Valladolid.
ELSA-M’s first test stop was RAL Space STFC’s UK National Satellite Test Facility for mass properties testing.
The Webb dark matter mapping work received support from NASA, the UK Research Councils’ Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, the RCUK/STFC Central Laser Facility at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales.
HyMS was developed in collaboration with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space and STAR-Dundee Ltd.
The development and testing of Enfys is led by Aberystwyth University, with support from Mullard Space Science Laboratory, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Qioptiq Ltd.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is advancing the AquaWatch program in partnership with CSIRO, University of Stirling, Pixalytics, RAL Space, Assimila, and Deloitte through the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF) Call 2.
The National Satellite Test Facility at RAL Space was purpose-built to support ambitious satellite assembly and testing projects.
RAL Space operates the National Satellite Test Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory site in Oxfordshire.
RAL Space received £233,000 to develop a highly stabilized laser for use in low Earth orbit to support space weather measurement.
Spire Global announced plans to equip its cubesats with microwave sounders from RAL Space.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space to deliver a smallsat calibration facility.
The National Satellite Test Facility at Harwell is a £116 million government-funded facility operated by STFC RAL Space experts.
RAL Space designed and built a calibration rig for MWS that included two black body targets representing Earth and the cold space background.
The MWS calibration testing at RAL Space required continuous 24/7 monitoring and round-the-clock shifts by RAL Space and Airbus test teams.
Airbus completed a calibration campaign for the MWS instrument using RAL Space facilities supported by the RAL Space calibration project team and the thermal vacuum test team.
Spire entered a partnership with RAL Space, which is part of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, to further develop and deploy the Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HYMS) on Spire satellites.
Spire entered a partnership with RAL Space, a part of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, to further develop and deploy the Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HYMS) on Spire satellites.
RAL Space and SpeQtral are developing the Speqtre mission, with RAL Space leading the mission and providing the optical payload that will beam QKD signals to Earth.
RAL Space is developing an optical ground station at Chilbolton Observatory that will be used by Speqtre and to track and communicate with other satellites.