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LARES, an Italian Space Agency satellite, has been successfully launched in 2012. A small thermo-vacuum  facility has been specifically designed and built for testing the optical components of the satellite in  simulated space environment. Due to the extremely demanding performances of LARES satellite, the  facility has been built using the most up-to-date technology available. In particular Sun, Earth and deep  space can be simulated in a ultra high vacuum. When the tests connected with the LARES mission reduced,  it was decided to devote the thermo-vacuum chamber also to didactic activities. The facility was designed to  be operated remotely only for some basic operations. The full automation of the facility is in progress in  order to provide the students and the researchers with easy and long term access, including also the  possibility to operate remotely from the internet and perform complex tests. The students will then have a  big opportunity to learn in practice all the aspects of thermo-vacuum testing, which are of paramount  importance in the space industry. It will be possible to perform thermal tests from either the classroom or  home, by exposing the specimen for a specified amount of time, toward Earth, Sun or deep space  simulators. They will collect pressures and temperatures and will input additional thermal power through  resistive heaters. The paper will first describe the facility and its capabilities showing the tests performed on  the LARES satellite components, then will focus mainly on the planned upgrades that will improve its  remote use both for research and e-learning.

LARES-lab: A Thermo-vacuum Facility for Research and E-learning - Tests of LARES Satellite Components and Small Payloads for e-Learning