The David Florida Laboratory (DFL) facilities include capabilities for thermal vacuum/thermal balance, vibration/modal, and radio frequency testing, as well as mass properties measurements. The laboratory is one of only a few facilities of its kind in the world, capable of simulating the enormous stresses and temperature extremes associated with rocket launch and space flight.

DFL has:

• two Class-100,000 clean rooms sized 315 and 1,080 square metres (3,400 and 11,600 square feet), fully equipped for the integration and assembly of satellites and other space hardware
• three space simulation chambers, the largest of which is 7 by 10 m deep (22 by 35 feet), for performing thermal vacuum and thermal balance testing, and one small chamber for performing outgassing tests
• a range of thermal, temperature humidity, and thermal passive intermodulation (PIM) chambers for performing various thermal and thermal PIM tests
• the larger of the two electrodynamic shakers has a force rating of 178 kN (40 k lbf), and a variety of modal, static load, mass properties, photogrammetry, and thermal vibration equipment available for qualifying the structural aspects of various test articles
• various anechoic chambers, shielded rooms and antenna ranges and associated radio frequency (RF) equipment for performing spherical, cylindrical, and planar near-field, far-field, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and PIM / multipaction testing on a variety of antennas and RF payloads.

The DFL also has ready access to a range of services offered by the Communications Research Centre (CRC), located on the samesite, and to the National Research Council of Canada's Acoustic Test Facility for simulating launch environment characteristics.

In addition to the main facilities of the DFL, the laboratory is well supported by an operational infrastructure in keeping with the broad scope of activities. This includes offices, conference rooms, storage areas, check-out rooms and in-house mechanical, electrical and electronic shops for custom design and device construction.