NanoSat Air Bearing

• CubeSat ADCS testbed for 1-3U CubeSats developed by Berlin Space Technologies
• Provides COTS test bed with only 1 DoF about yaw axis but has small MoI
• “modular design allows integration of additional test equipment like Helmholtz coils and a sun simulator.”

Nano Satellite Air Bearing 2nd Gen.

SPUTNIX

• Russian facility (SX-025) to study microsatellite dynamics
• Offers Several Dynamic simulators for ADCS testing
• Uses Helmholtz Cage, Sun simulator, and air bearing platform.

Surrey Space Center (SSC)

• Provided academic advice and engineering consultation to over 39 different satellite launches
• Offers docking facilities for Satellite Testing
• “Our Centre makes use of a number of air bearing test facilities, to model the micro-gravity space environment for testing of spacecraft navigation and control systems.”

Docking facilities | University of Surrey

Naval Post Graduate School

• “forefront of CubeSat ADCS testing” $^1$
• NPS students have provided AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology) access to their PhaseSpace application program interface (API) toolbox $^1$

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