SPATIAL
Coordinates
43.29236346203756, 5.359133426541125
Contact name
Jean-Luc Beuzit
CIVIS Label
No
Acronym
SPATIAL-PTA
Scientific domain
PE9_8 - Galaxies – formation, evolution, clusters - Universe Sciences
PE10_14 - Earth observations from space/remote sensing - Earth System Science
SH7_9 - Energy, transportation and mobility - Human Mobility, Environment and Space
Keywords
cryogenics
Partner institution
Aix-Marseille Université
Website
No
Technical staff available
No
Remote access details
Research project activities of the local scientific communities are prioritized. Nevertheless, an access to external communities, may they be academic or from the privat sectors can be also provided upon request. An audit of the potential users' project will allow defining the fee.
Remote access available
No
Open to external users
No
Equipment
The SPATIAL facility is made of two centers:
-POLARIS robotic polishing centre, to design, robotic production by stress polishing, and testing of large, highly aspherical optical parts (up to 2.5 m in diameter),
-SPATIAL AIT/AIV centre consisting of 940 m2 of classified rooms (ISO5,7, and 8) to assembly, integrate, test and calibrate components and instruments with an opto-mechanical core in the UV-visible-IR field, and within a space environment (tanks for optical vacuum up to 50m3).
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
Charte des Plateformes Technologiques Aix-Marseille (PTA): https://www.univ-amu.fr/system/files/2021-07/Charte%20PTF%20AMU%20M%C3%A0J21.docx.pdf
Online booking system available
No
Description
SPATIAL is specialized in the assembly, integration and testing of instruments and opto-mechanical systems
opto, as well as in thermal vacuum and cryogenic qualification, vibration qualification, and precision mechanical metrology.
SPATIAL is especially designed for filling the needs of major nowadays projects such as ESA's EUCLID space mission and ESO's future very large European telescope ELT.