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The David Florida Laboratory (DFL) is Canada's world-class spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre. Named in honour of one of Canada's pioneers in space research, C. David Florida, it is located just west of Ottawa. The Laboratory is maintained and operated by the Canadian Space Agency.

On a fee-for-service basis, the DFL is available for use by Canadian and foreign aerospace and telecommunications companies and organizations for qualifying hardware. It is registered as ISO 9001:2000 for radio frequency, structural, and thermal qualification testing of space-bound and terrestrial hardware. Support facilities include offices, conference rooms, storage areas, check-out rooms, and in-house mechanical, electrical and electronic shops.

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Updated: 2006/05/04 Important Notices