ESA’s ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands is the largest satellite testing site in Europe, equipped with facilities to simulate every aspect of spaceflight. Relatively few people ever get to venture inside this 3000 sq. m cleanroom environment, but you can now do the next best thing by taking our new fully-immersive virtual tour.

Produced for ESA by ATG Europe, this 3D-model-based representation provides an incredibly accurate representation of the Test Centre, with facility details brought to life in high-quality models and renders augmented with extremely high-resolution 360° photos.

Begin your tour here.

Operated for the Agency by European Test Services, the ESTEC Test Centre has validated the flight-readiness of many historic European missions including Envisat, Rosetta, Bepi-Colombo and the Galileo satellite navigation constellation and is currently testing the Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence.