BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe)
SABL – Space Automated Bioproduct Lab
instrumentspaceflight payload hardwareIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- BioServe
Description
The Space Automated Bioproduct Lab (SABL) is a dual-function incubator/freezer on the ISS that keeps biological samples and other experiment materials between -5°C and +43°C. It offers over 23 liters of temperature-controlled, LED-lit volume with USB, Ethernet and 28 VDC/5 VDC power for experiment inserts, supports step and ramp temperature profiles, and is commanded from BioServe's Payload Operations and Control Center. Three flight units have operated on the ISS since launches in 2015 and 2017.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/center/bioserve/spaceflight-hardware/sabl
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Details
- Keywords
- space life science experiments, spaceflight incubator, biological sample storage, cell culture, payload operations, experiment hardware integration, thermoelectric cooling, space food storage, international space station
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Instrument platform
- ISS
- Associated entity
- BioServe Space Technologies | University of Colorado Boulder
- Status
- All three flight units are currently operating on ISS with the first two flight units launched in 2015 aboard OA-4 and the third flight unit launched in 2017 aboard SpX-11.
- Deployment platform
- ISS
- Specifications
- The Space Automated Bioproduct Lab (SABL) is a dual-function incubator/freezer intended to support space life science experiments on the ISS by providing temperature control between -5°C and +43°C… | Samples are often incubated at body temperature (3…