Ottawa-based Obruta Space Solutions signed a Technical Collaboration and Mutual Support Agreement with Resonate Testing of Newry, Northern Ireland, on Nov. 13, 2026, to test its spacecraft docking hardware for flight, SpaceQ Media Inc. reported.
Resonate Testing will run thermal vacuum, vibration and mechanical shock tests on Obruta’s spacecraft docking hardware. Thermal vacuum testing mimics orbital heat and cold in airless conditions, and the work follows European Cooperation for Space Standardization requirements. The agreement aims to move Obruta’s RPOD Kit — its rendezvous, proximity operations and docking hardware — up the technology readiness levels.
The ECSS-aligned work aims to create a route for Obruta into missions involving Europe and the European Space Agency. Testing, engineering and qualification planning support would come under future commercial contracts the two companies have not yet agreed, and the two companies have signed no specific contracts.
Kevin Stadnyk, Obruta’s chief executive, said the partnership “provides an established, ECSS-aligned environmental testing pathway that accelerates our RPOD Kit toward flight heritage.” Obruta, based in Ottawa, develops autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations and docking technology.
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