BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe)
CGBA – Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus
instrumentspaceflight payload hardwareIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- BioServe
Description
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA), a dual-function incubator/freezer operating between -16 °C and 37 °C that has supported experiments on ISS, Mir, the Space Shuttle and Dragon; 27 L experiment volume in refrigerator mode. It has been largely superseded by SABL, with one CGBA unit still installed on ISS.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/center/bioserve/spaceflight-hardware/cgba
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Details
- Keywords
- incubator freezer, temperature control, experiment volume, dragon, mir
- Instrument platform
- ISS; Mir; Space Shuttle; Dragon
- Associated entity
- BioServe Space Technologies | University of Colorado Boulder
- Deployment platform
- ISS
- Specifications
- The Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) is a dual-function incubator/freezer capable of operation between -16 °C and 37 °C depending on configuration. | Refrigerator-mode temperature range: 4 °C to 37 °C (27 L experiment volume)