Spaceflight / Spacecraft Electronics

SPECTRUM has supported many NASA spacecraft and programs since our founding in 1997.  They include:

  • Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station
  • Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
  • MAVEN
  • JUNO
  • ORION
  • GOES-R
  • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
  • Global Precipitation Mapper/GMI
  • Kepler
  • Orbital Express
  • MARs Rovers
We maintain in-house Level B Instructors for manufacturing standards:
  • NASA-STD-8739.1
  • IPC/J-STD-001 with Space Addendum
  • IPC/WHMA-A-620 with Space Addendum
Our proficiencies include:
  • Highly Reliable Electronics Assembly
  • Circuit Card Assembly/CCGA Attach
  • Lead forming, Component bonding and staking
  • XRF Testing of Components, Leads, and Solder Joints
  • Conformal Coating
  • Harnessing of complete satellite buses and instruments
  • Ground Support Equipment
  • Civil Space Systems Assembly
  • Environmental Stress Screening
Discovery Liftoff – STS 131, 5 April 2010
STS 31 - Hubble Deployment from Discovery, 25 April 1990