Test Facilities

The Large Vibration Test Facility is used to verify the endurance of a spacecraft stored inside a satellite fairing or that of onboard equipment under the vibration environment during launch. With a vibration load larger than in the one during launch provided by an electrodynamic shaker, the structure of a test item is verified to have no damage caused by the vibration environment and no abnormality after the vibration test.
The electrodynamic shaker of this facility has the highest vibration ability in japan with a maximum load mass of 8t, making it suitable for tests on larger test items. It also has many measurement channels, which enable simultaneous measurements at multiple points. Besides this facility, the Tsukuba Space Center has a small vibration test facility, which together offer facility options to users depending on the size of a test item or intended test purposes.