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Facilities

Unique facilities specifically designed to reduce barriers to growth for companies within the UK space sector.

Our Locations

Our facilities aim to provide businesses with the innovation boost they would be unlikely to find elsewhere; this includes state of the art equipment available for short and long term hire, and access to our technical and business experts for advice.

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Get in touch

We can help you identify where you are on your development journey, connect you with industry experts, and highlight relevant equipment – facilities@sa.catapult.org.uk

Our Services

Explore everything we have to offer – go directly to specific equipment with the A-Z list or filter by technical requirements and location.

Prototyping & Manufacturing

Connect & Collaborate

Testing

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  • Space Enterprise Labs

  • Regional co-working spaces for innovation providing users with access to resources, virtual demonstrations, and Catapult experts.

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  • Environmental Space Living Labs

  • Enabling organisations and technology providers to work together to discover, co-create, and deliver solutions.

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  • User Research ‘Lab in a Box’

  • Designed and built by ex-Google User Researchers, Lab-in-a-box is a platform for in-person qualitative research.

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  • Vibration Table

  • Our Vibration Table gives you confidence in your product’s reliability with a Sine and Random force of 22kN.

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  • Westcott Innovation Centre

  • We offer businesses the opportunity to hire specialist equipment for light mechanical engineering and rapid prototyping within our Flexible Engineering facilities.

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  • Compact Antenna Test Range

  • Our Compact Antenna Test Range facility is particularly suitable for the dynamic over-the-air performance testing of antennas and terminals for Communications-On-The-Move applications.

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    WHY THE CATAPULT?

    Manage the development and deployment of your satellite technology.

    We can support the design, manufacturing, and testing of your products for deployment – providing a collaborative environment to help companies develop new solutions for market opportunities.

    We support organisations of all sizes to accelerate their development by providing a range of enabling services, tailored to meet their specific needs, from expert advice and innovation services, to growth opportunities and strategic networks.

    Customise Your Level of Support

    By You

    Your technology innovation, whether that be a product or service, can be tested and developed at our facilities.

    With You

    Your ideas are supported at each stage of your development journey with help from our experts.

    For You

    Your product, empowered by our experts. Bridge gaps in your technical knowledge as our team leads the process.