Experimental Testing Services

TISTEF has the ability to:
• lase from the indoor lab to targets/detectors down range, up to 1 km.
• lase from telescope dome to various sites around the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).
• lase from telescope dome to on-orbit spacecraft and launching vehicles.
• receive reflected signals or beacons with various telescopes and cameras, UV to IR, up to 20 inches diameter.
• track on-orbit spacecraft, International Space Station, celestial targets, etc. with several tracking mounts. All mounts configurable for various experiments, per requirements.
• obtain access to set up experiments at various sites at KSC such as the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), and underground tunnel located beneath the Space Station Processing Facility building, and more.
• offer mobile optical labs for deploying experiments outside of TISTEF.

1 kilometer range at TISTEF

Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC

Tunnel beneath the SSPF