Design and Construction of the Hertz facility at ESTEC

The laboratories and test facilities at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk (NL) play an essential role in all phases of the European Space Agency (ESA) missions, from inception to development of space technologies and validation and testing of space hardware produced by industry. In order to ensure the success of many projects and in particular of the next generation of Galileo satellites, ESA needs to invest in a new state-of-the-art facility at ESTEC: This new construction will represent an area of around 8,000 m2 of floor space (gross floor area), with a foot print of 70 x 50 meter and a maximum height of 22 meters.