The present thesis was born as part of a joint project between the CubeSat Team of Politecnico di Torino and the European Space Agency (ESA). This project, named ESA-Prop has the goal to design a platform devoted to the test and qualification of miniaturized electrical propulsion systems for CubeSats. The idea is to increase the devices Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and to study the mutual interaction occurring between the propulsion system and the host platform. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide a one-stop test facility for the qualification of CubeSats featuring propulsion systems on board. This thesis covers the last part of the phase one of the project, with the feasibility concept and the integration and test of the prototype, and the early stages of phase two, with the definition of tests and the upgrade of the prototype to host the ePS and collect relevant data.