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5320 West 104th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90045

T: 310.348.0900 | F: 310.670.7556

Charles Dieman - General Manager

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Industry Leading Space and Satellite Testing in Southern California

NTS Los Angeles and NTS El Segundo comprise a significant portion of NTS’ Southern California Space & Satellite testing expertise. The facilities are managed by our expert team of engineering and test professionals at the LAX facility and share an expert staff of highly experienced engineers and technicians supported by state-of-the-art facilities to provide a full range of qualification, compliance and reliability testing to customers throughout the world.

Unrivaled Expertise

Leveraging a unique blend of specialized engineering and customized facilities, we can economically test items from solar panels to satellites to circuit boards. To keep your program on schedule, NTS’ in-house services such as fixture fabrication and instrument calibration are ready to go to work for you.

Our Los Angeles engineers and technicians specialize in supporting the world’s most quality conscious industries, including aerospace, defense, electronics and other high tech enterprises. With some of the most extensive space simulation capabilities available, we can meet almost any space simulation requirement.

Advanced Testing for Satellite and Space Technologies

We’re proud to be a noted leader in testing for space technology, with the chops to custom- engineer chambers and fixtures to conduct a complete range of space-related phenomena, including:

Fuel cells and solar panels
Composite antennas and batteries
Full qualification and acceptance testing of propellant tanks
Various mechanical and electronic devices

TV-25: Our Largest Thermal Vacuum Test Chamber

In addition to smaller TVAC chambers, NTS Los Angeles designed and built, and now maintains and operates a TV-25 (25 feet long by 15 feet deep) thermal vacuum test facility for client-spaceflight hardware. We use one control room, two client rooms, a 3-ton crane within a class 100,000 Clean Room, two gowning areas and two uninterruptible power sources connected to an automatically engaged backup generator.

TV-25 major capabilities span:

Thermal vacuum testing for a wide range of components.
Multiple PID controlled thermal zones to minimize temperature gradient.
Large size accommodates reflectors, solar panels and small satellites.

Environmental & Dynamic Testing in Los Angeles

As experts in the performance of a wide array of environmental simulations including space, thermal, shock, and vibration, our engineers are supported by the latest technology and an arsenal of capabilities. NTS Los Angeles has a large selection of temperature/humidity chambers, including a temperature/altitude chamber up to 60,000 feet; space simulators, acoustic noise, salt fog, sand and dust chambers; solar load test; and thermal shock chambers (air-air and liquid-liquid).

Combining electrodynamic vibration and controlled environments is practically an everyday occurrence, such as sine, random, sine on random and synthesized shock. Other environmental and dynamic testing services are:

Electrodynamic vibration and controlled environments
Sine, random, sine-on-random and synthesized shock.
Temperature / humidity chambers and temperature / altitude chamber – up to 60,000 feet.
Space simulators: Acoustic noise, salt fog, sand and dust chambers, acceleration, bake out and thermal cycling.
Solar load test and thermal shock chambers – air-air and liquid-liquid.
Structural, pressure and helium leak testing of lines and components up to 40,000 psi.
Aging at 125o C/minute transition rate.
FED-STD-209 – Class 10,000 and Class 100 Clean Rooms.
Propellant systems, hydraulic components and cryogenic components.
Nitric and citric acid passivation, hydrofluoric acid pickle/etching and aluminum deoxidation.
NASA, AMS, SAE, ARP, ASTM and NAS; Industrial cleaning and compressed gas association.

Primary specifications include MIL-STD 810, MIL-STD 202, RTCA DO160, ISTA, ASTM and NEMA.

Precision Cleaning Capabilities

As the preferred precision cleaning supplier for many of our nation’s aerospace and defense contractors, NTS is an active participant in Space, National Security and Homeland Defense Programs. These programs require the strict process and cleanliness controls that only a company with over 50 years’ experience can provide.

Working closely with our client partners, we developed and implemented the cleaning processes necessary to meet the demanding level of process control and system cleanliness required for mission success. NTS continues to develop processes and techniques as new commercial space programs grow. The need to reduce costs and deliver products that meet stringent requirements on time, every time is now more important than ever.

NTS performs precision cleaning and testing for in-process parts and finished products, such as:

Valves and related items
Piping and tubing
Tanks and cylinders
Heat exchangers
Gauges and instruments
Fittings and fasteners
Transducers and sensors
Fuel and oxidizer ducts
Cryogenic and vacuum jacketed piping

Cleaning Capabilities

Propellant systems (fuel and oxidizer)
Hydraulic components and systems
Purge panels
Cryogenic components and systems
Breathing air systems
Hydrogen peroxide components and systems

Other Services

Nitric and citric acid passivation
Nitric and hydrofluoric acid pickle
Hydrofluoric acid etching
Aluminum deoxidation

Contact NTS Los Angeles for All Your Testing Needs

To view the full range of specs, tests and capabilities for this facility, click here to download the NTS Los Angeles fact sheet. You can also Request a Quote for your upcoming program now.

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NASA
AMS
SAE
ARP
ASTM
NAS
Class 10,000 and Class 100 Cleanrooms

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Los Angeles, CA

Industry Leading Space and Satellite Testing in Southern California

Unrivaled Expertise

Advanced Testing for Satellite and Space Technologies

TV-25: Our Largest Thermal Vacuum Test Chamber

TV-25 major capabilities span:

Environmental & Dynamic Testing in Los Angeles

Precision Cleaning Capabilities

Cleaning Capabilities

Other Services

Contact NTS Los Angeles for All Your Testing Needs

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Los Angeles, CA

Unrivaled Expertise

Advanced Testing for Satellite and Space Technologies

TV-25: Our Largest Thermal Vacuum Test Chamber

TV-25 major capabilities span:

Environmental & Dynamic Testing in Los Angeles

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