TVC800-800SQ — A Serious Thermal Vacuum Chamber for Serious Space Hardware

When space hardware leaves the cleanroom, it does not enter a gentle environment.

It enters vacuum.It enters thermal extremes.It enters a world where small design weaknesses can become mission-critical failures.

That is why reliable environmental testing is not a luxury — it is part of building space hardware responsibly.

At Nanovac, our TVC800-800SQ has quickly become one of our most requested and delivered thermal vacuum chamber platforms. The reason is simple: it offers the right combination of useful internal volume, strong thermal performance, high-vacuum capability, and practical day-to-day usability for modern satellite and subsystem testing.

Built for real test campaigns — not just specifications on paper

The TVC800-800SQ is designed for customers who need more than a vacuum chamber.

They need a system that can support real engineering work:

• Thermal cycling of satellite hardware and subsystems

• Functional testing under vacuum

• Qualification and acceptance testing

• Controlled thermal plate and shroud operation

• Reliable pressure and temperature logging

• Repeatable test recipes and traceable data

In many projects, the challenge is not simply reaching a pressure or a temperature once. The real value comes from doing it repeatedly, safely, and with confidence — while protecting the customer’s hardware and producing useful test data.

That is where the TVC800-800SQ fits very well.

Compact, capable, and highly configurable

The TVC800-800SQ sits in a very practical size class. It is large enough for meaningful spacecraft components, avionics boxes, payload hardware, small satellite assemblies, and representative test fixtures — but still compact enough to fit into many laboratories without becoming a major facility project.

As with all Nanovac systems, the configuration can be adapted around the customer’s actual test needs. Thermal plate size, shroud configuration, feedthroughs, pumping package, instrumentation, control logic, software functions, and data reporting can all be tailored to the mission.

This is one of the reasons the platform has become popular: it gives customers a strong baseline machine without forcing them into a rigid “catalogue-only” solution.

Where hardware and software meet

A thermal vacuum chamber is only as good as the control system behind it.

Nanovac systems are built around our in-house automation and software know-how. The TVC800-800SQ can be delivered with advanced recipe control, live trend monitoring, pressure and temperature logging, alarm handling, and customer-specific operating modes.

For many users, this is where the difference becomes obvious.

The system is not just a chamber with pumps and heaters. It is a complete test platform designed to help engineers plan, run, monitor, document, and repeat their test campaigns with confidence.

Designed by people who understand vacuum testing

Nanovac has decades of experience in designing and building advanced vacuum systems for demanding customers. Our background covers thermal vacuum testing, high-vacuum technology, cryogenic systems, plasma systems, automation, and custom scientific equipment.

That experience matters.

It means we understand that a successful TVAC system is not only about the main chamber. It is about the details: thermal coupling, cable routing, feedthrough selection, sensor placement, service access, pump-down behaviour, safety interlocks, software usability, and long-term maintainability.

The TVC800-800SQ brings that experience into a robust and practical platform.

A platform for growing space companies

The space industry is moving fast. More companies are building satellites, payloads, propulsion systems, avionics, sensors, and mission-critical electronics. Many of these teams need in-house test capability that is professional, repeatable, and scalable — without immediately stepping into the complexity of a very large space simulation facility.

The TVC800-800SQ is aimed at exactly that need.

It gives engineering teams a serious thermal vacuum test capability in a manageable format, with the possibility to grow and adapt as their test requirements develop.

Why customers choose Nanovac

Customers choose Nanovac because we do not simply ship equipment.

We work with them to understand the test objective, the payload, the operating limits, the interfaces, the data requirements, and the practical workflow around the chamber.

For us, the chamber is not the end of the project. It is the beginning of a long-term test capability for the customer.

The TVC800-800SQ represents this philosophy very well: a proven, capable, configurable platform for customers who need reliable thermal vacuum testing — without unnecessary complexity.

TVC800-800SQ

A compact high-performance thermal vacuum chamber platform.Designed for real test campaigns.Built for space hardware.Delivered by Nanovac.

Want to discuss a TVAC system for your satellite hardware, payload, or subsystem testing?Contact Nanovac AB and let us help define the right chamber configuration for your test needs.