Space Starts on the Ground

Nanovac AB is proud to be featured in the Swedish space industry publication “Rymden – för livet på jorden”, where Swedish space capability, innovation and industry are highlighted.

For us, the message is simple:

Space starts on the ground.

Before a satellite, sensor, instrument or spacecraft component leaves Earth, it must prove that it can survive the environment it is designed for. Vacuum, extreme temperatures, thermal cycling, material outgassing and molecular contamination are not theoretical concerns. They are real mission risks that must be understood, tested and controlled.

From our facilities in Staffanstorp, Sweden, Nanovac designs and manufactures advanced vacuum and space simulation systems for customers who need to test, qualify and understand how their hardware behaves under extreme conditions.

Our work includes thermal vacuum chambers, bakeout systems, outgassing solutions, contamination control, propulsion-related test environments and fully customized test systems for the global space industry.

But Nanovac is not only a system supplier.

We also operate our own in-house TVAC test resource in Staffanstorp. This capability is not intended to replace dedicated test houses or customer-owned facilities. It is a complementary engineering resource — supporting early development, method validation, feasibility testing and short test campaigns when customers need access to a controlled space simulation environment before, during or alongside their own investment in test infrastructure.

We build chambers for customers who need their own long-term test capability. We also operate a chamber in Staffanstorp for customers who need access to controlled space simulation now — for development work, process understanding, risk reduction or short test campaigns.

For many projects, this is a critical step. A product may function perfectly on Earth and still fail in space. Vacuum conditions, thermal stress, material behaviour and contamination risks can only be properly understood when the hardware is exposed to the right environment, with the right control, measurement and process knowledge.

That is why space testing is not just about having a vacuum chamber.

It is about creating confidence.

Confidence in the design.

Confidence in the materials.

Confidence in the test data.

Confidence that the hardware has been exposed to the right conditions before it moves further toward qualification and flight.

At Nanovac, we build and operate the test environments that help create that confidence — through advanced vacuum technology, temperature control, automation, safety systems, software and application-specific engineering.

Behind every successful mission, there are many hours of testing.

And often, the journey does not begin at the launch pad.

It begins with a vacuum chamber from Staffanstorp.

Nanovac AB — Smarter Space Testbeds™