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NewSpace Lab

The NewSpace Lab makes available to the public a series of equipment from the NewSpace sector in Catalonia to facilitate its visibility within the local ecosystem.

The NewSpace Lab is an initiative promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the support of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), as part of the NewSpace Strategy approved by the Catalan Government in 2020.

Access to equipment for carrying out tests and developing components is an essential need within the space sector, and specifically within the scope of NewSpace. This initiative seeks to map the facilities linked to the NewSpace sector in Catalonia, with the aim of facilitating their use, promoting them at local and international level, and providing support for their improvement, either by maximizing the use of already existing equipment, or by developing other infrastructure where needs are detected.

A portal has been created, accessible to the public, to be a reference point for the equipment of the NewSpace sector in Catalonia to facilitate their visibility. An inventory of the existing infrastructure and capacities has been carried out, in collaboration with the companies and entities that own them. Below, you will find the list of those facilities which have been confirmed to be present on the portal:

infrastructure, equipment and services

Company

AldoraTech

Manufacturing of composite materials / Unmanned aircraft for testing systems in free fall

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Research/Technology Centre

CD6

Mechanical workshop / Electronics workshop / Prototyping room / Advanced optomechanical design / Photometry laboratories

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Research/Technology Centre

CIM UPC

3D printing (FFF), Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), ED printing (FFF) metal piece / 3D printing, Stereolithography (SLA) / CNC machining centres: Deckel Maho DMU 50, Evolution HAAS VF 3ss, Milltronics RH20 / Wire EDM / 3D printing, Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

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Company

Compoxi

Design and Calculation of structures / Qualification of new materials and structures / Manufacturing of structures

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Company

EMC Barcelona

EMC testing service in an anechoic chamber / On-site EMC assessment service / Electronic redesign service for EMC / Training service / Time domain emission measuring receivers / Microwave network calibration and measurements of electromagnetic properties of materials / Test bench for the generation of complex modulated signals / Test bench for measuring RF signals in real time

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Company

Gutmar

Machinery, Laboratories, Assembly Rooms and Engineering

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Research/Technology Centre

ICE-CSIC

Payload Laboratory / Integration Laboratory / Astronomy Laboratory / Clean Room / Microscopy Clean Room / Optical Laboratory / Radiation Laboratory

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Research/Technology Centre

ICFO

Platform NM3

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Research/Technology Centre

IFAE

Mechanics laboratory / Clean rooms / Cryostat / Optical laboratory / Shielded room

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Research/Technology Centre

IMB-CNM (CSIC)

Laboratory of radiation detectors for space applications / Design and testing of space integrated circuits and systems / Clean room / Advanced Encapsulation, physical inspection and reliability for space / Electrothermal and thermal characterisation of electronic devices / Electrical characterisation of power devices

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University

Nanosat Lab UPC

Clean room / Thermal and Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) / Vibration table / Helmholtz coil

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Company

Premium PSU

Semi-anechoic chamber, Climatic chambers, Clean room

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Company

S2 Xpeed

Open work space / Prototyping workshop / Event space

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