Facilities
Achieving space flight heritage
We test our spacecraft with in-house facilities at Curtin University. Learn more below, and get in touch if you have hardware to put through its paces.
Thermal Vacuum Chamber
Our small (ø250x300mm) thermal vacuum chamber is equipped with a turbomolecular vacuum pump, full surround (4 sides) liquid Nitrogen cooling shroud, electric heating panel (1 side) and a top facing large viewing port. It pumps down quickly and is suitable for testing survival and operations between -20C to +120 °C down to pressures below 1e-6 mBar.
Vacuum Propulsion Test Chamber
Our larger (800x800x800mm) vacuum chamber is suitable for testing in space propulsion systems and larger spacecraft components at ambient temperatures.
Electrodynamic Shaker
Our electrodynamic shaker is suitable for vibration testing spacecraft components and small spacecraft up to 5kg. Tests include sine sweep modal surveys to determine fundamental frequency and resonant peaks as well as random vibration tests for launch qualification.
High-Altitude Balloon (HAB) Flights
The Binar Space Program conducts semi-regular high altitude balloon missions (to ~approx. 30km altitude) to test imaging payloads and hardware operation in the near-space environment.
