In 2022, the BCT was tested at ESA’s Hertz radio frequency test chamber, located at ESTEC. Given its unusual size, it remains to this day the largest one ever tested in the facility. In 2023, the antenna was assembled and installed in New Norcia.

The BCT was constructed under ESA lead through an industrial contract by satellite prime-contractors Airbus UK (United Kingdom), and sub-contractor C-CORE (Canada) responsible for the BCT. The transponder antenna was developed and built by IDS (Italy). The site infrastructure including the BCT building was realised with Australian local contractor Anspach Ag.