Monday, July 9th, Universitat de València opened the European High Power Space Materials Laboratory, promoted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Val Space Consortium (VSC). This laboratory is located at Universitat de València’s school of engineering (ETSE). María José Catalá, Minister for Education in the Valencian Government and VSC’s chairwoman, and the principals of Universitat de València and Universitat Politècnica de València, Esteban Morcillo and Juan Juliá, were attending this event.

The chairman of Science and Robotics Exploration at ESA, Álvaro Giménez, the CDTI’s chairman and General Secretary for Science, Technology and Innovation, Román Arjona, and the majors of Burjassot, Jordi Sebastià, and Paterna, Lorenzo Agustí, were attending as well.

The new laboratory will devote to the study of the materials inside spacecrafts and satellites with the goal of assuring its optimal functioning under conditions of high power of radio frequency. It belongs to the ESA’s laboratories network.

The new facilities are in addition to the High Power RF Space Laboratory, also promoted by ESA and VSC, which was opened two years ago at Universitat Politècnica de València. Both laboratories make up the research centre for the Val Space Consortium, made up, in its turn, by Generalitat Valenciana, City Council of Valencia, Universitat de València and Universitat Politècnica de València. 

Last update: 6 de july de 2012 17:10.