Electromagnetics Laboratory (EML)
Capabilities & Equipment
- Operations control room to support KSC/Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) launches.
- Mobile RF Monitoring Van is equipped to perform Convoy Operations for RF monitoring of harmful RF sources. This capability also ensures identification and mitigation of any radio frequency interference (RFI) by direction finding (DF) using Angle of Arrival and Time Difference of Arrival Algorithms.
- Three semi-anechoic chambers and RF test equipment necessary to perform electromagnetic compliance testing using MIL-STD 461 or other commercial standards.
- Assortment of antennas/sensors, general AC Power and RF measurement instruments
- Multiple fixed RF Surveillance systems located around KSC/CCSFS and at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to support launch and RFI mitigation support.
Electromagnetic Laboratory
NASA
Inside the Electromagnetic Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Gabor Tamasy, Hose Management Assembly (HMA) system lead for Restore-L, prepares the HMA test unit for electromagnetic interference testing on Feb. 19, 2020. The HMA is able to extend and retract the hose, somewhat similar to the function of a tape measure. Managed by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Restore-L is an inflight robotic satellite servicer spacecraft.
NASA/Cory Huston
April 10, 2025
EML radio frequency monitoring
NASA
