Successful Vibration Test conducted with fellow Scottish Space Firm, Craft Prospect, at Alba Orbital’s new testhouse

completion of vibration test for fellow scottish space firm, craft prospect, cube satellite at alba orbital’s newly commissioned testhouse

Glasgow, Scotland 15th July 2022 - Scottish Space firm, Alba Orbital is delighted to announce the 1st successful completion of a vibration test with a fellow Scottish Space firm as our customer. The vibration test conducted saw a Cube Satellite (cubesat) with the form factor of 6U (30 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm) being put through a slew of vibration profiles.

“We are delighted to host the Craft Prospect team at our testhouse. I am confident that our newly commissioned testhouse provides a value added service for our customers in the Space sector and the wider Scottish Engineering industry” said Tom Walkinshaw, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alba Orbital.

“We are impressed by our experience with Alba Orbital, from the seamless process of booking the Vibration test online to the service provided on the day itself.” said John Charlick, Head of Projects at Craft Prospect.

Alba Orbital’s testhouse offers both Vibration and Thermal Bakeout tests in Glasgow, on the edge of Glasgow City Center, the satellite building capital of Europe. More information on the services provided and convenient booking platform with just a click can be found at http://www.albaorbital.com/test-service.