NSTF is a specialist R&D facility supporting the assembly, integration and testing of space payloads & satellites weighing up to 7000 kg

The NSTF is a specialist R&D facility supporting the assembly, integration and testing of space payloads & satellites weighing up to 7000 kg. Operated by RAL Space, the NSTF is commercially available to both UK & international space organisations. Built at the world-leading Harwell campus on the site of a decommissioned Magnox complex, the NSTF’s at-scale and unique R&D facilities include centre of gravity, vibration & pyro-shock testing for optimal launch sequences.