Facilities available in PlanetS
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CASYMIR
CASYMIR (Calibration System for the Mass Spectrometer Instrument ROSINA) is a high vacuum calibration system and supersonic molecular beam facility with the aim of testing and calibrating space mass spectrometers.
Bern
3012
martin.rubin@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 34 74
CASYMS
CASYMS (CAlibration SYstem for Mass Spectrometers) is a calibration system for satellite and rocket-borne ion mass spectrometers in the energy range from 5 eV/charge to 100 keV/charge.
Bern
3012
martin.rubin@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 34 74
Clean Room ISO 7
A cleanroom area for the integration, test and calibration of space hardware: 216 m2 of cleanliness ISO 7 and equipped with temperature and humidity control between 15°C and 20°C (±0.25°C) and 20% and 80% respectively.
Versoix
1290
Ian.Hughes@unige.ch
+41 (0)22 379 23 23
ILENA
ILENA (Imager for Low Energetic Neutral Atoms experiment) is used to evaluate charge state conversion surfaces for low energy neutral particle instruments.
Bern
3012
peter.wurz@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 44 26
Integrated 1-5 Micron Test bench for the Characterization of Cryogenic Optical Elements
The facility allows to characterize infrared optics, both reflective and transmissive, at cryogenic operating temperatures (down to 30 K) for both ground- and space-based applications.
Zürich
8049
glauser@phys.ethz.ch
+41 (0)44 632 71 29
LOSSy
The Laboratory for Outflow Studies of Sublimating icy material (LOSSy) consists in a series of devices and protocols to prepare icy analogues for various Solar System objects and instruments to measure their light reflectance properties as a function of various parameters. The characterizations include bidirectional reflectance distribution functions (BRDF), imaging spectrometry and hyper spectral imaging, polarized phase curves, optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Bern
3012
antoine.pommerol@space.unibe.ch
+41 31 631 3998
Mechanical workshop
A construction office for the design of mechanism for space mission at the observatory of Geneva.
Versoix
1290
francois.wildi@unige.ch
+41 (0)22 379 23 43
MEFISTO
MEFISTO (MEsskammer für FlugzeitInStrumente und Time-Of-Flight) is an electron-cyclotron-resonance ion source (ECRIS) for producing highly charged ions to reproduce all the elements in their different charge states found in the solar wind.
Bern
3012
peter.wurz@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 44 26
Moveable structure ISO 5
Softwall cleanroom ISO 5 of 12.6 m2 of total surface and 2 m of height.
Versoix
1290
Ian.Hughes@unige.ch
+41 (0)22 379 23 23
Multi-purpose cryogenic test facility for astronomical instrumentation
The facility has the purpose to support opto-mechanical performance measurements of cryo-mechanisms for astronomical instruments (coldest temperature of ≈8 K).
Zürich
8049
glauser@phys.ethz.ch
+41 (0)44 632 71 29
Optical test equipment
Optical alignment equipment for experimental tests.
Versoix
1290
Bruno.Chazelas@unige.ch
+41 (0)22 37 92463
Thermal Vacuum Test Facility
Facility for the simulation of the thermal environment in space: inner diameter of 1000 mm and maximum length of test item of 2020 mm.
Bern
3012
daniele.piazza@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 44 22
Thermal Vacuum Test Facility (CHEOPS)
Facility for the simulation of the thermal environment in space. Inner diameter of 1590 mm and maximum length of test item of 2400 mm.
Bern
3012
daniele.piazza@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 44 22
Vibration - Shock test facility
Shaker for vibration or shock tests for both the vertical and the horizontal configuration.
Bern
3012
daniele.piazza@space.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 44 22
